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Article: Lasker Awards Names Honorees in Medical Research and Public Service
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- September 18, 2009
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Wireless News
09-18-2009
Lasker Awards Names Honorees in Medical Research and Public Service
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The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, which for 64 years has championed medical research, announced the winners of the 2009 Lasker Awards for outstanding accomplishments in basic medical and clinical medical research, and public service.
The three awards honor six winners whose insight and courage has led to advances that will prevent disease and prolong life.
- John Gurdon of Cambridge University and Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University will receive the 2009 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for discoveries into the process that instructs specialized adult cells to form stem ...