The Lasker Awards are among the most prestigious prizes in medicine in the U.S. Awarded annually, these awards given by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation serve to “shine a spotlight on fundamental biological discoveries and clinical advances that improve human health, and to draw attention to the importance of public support of science.” The … Continue reading 2019 Lasker Awards highlight the invaluable role of animal research
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Research Roundup: FDA issues warning to suppliers of e-cigarettes to kids; experimental vaccine eliminates melanoma and more!
Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: FDA issues warning to suppliers of e-cigarettes to kids; experimental vaccine eliminates melanoma and more!
Animal Research Plays Prominent Role in 2018 Lasker Awards
The Lasker Awards are among the most prestigious prizes in medicine in the U.S. Awarded annually, these awards — given by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation — honor exceptional contributions to biomedical research with a $250,000 prize in each of three categories. The honors are so highly regarded, they have been nicknamed “America’s Nobels.” … Continue reading Animal Research Plays Prominent Role in 2018 Lasker Awards
2016 Lasker Awards shows importance of animal research
The 2016 Lasker Awards have highlighted some great discoveries and the scientists behind them. This guest post by Samuel Henager, a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, investigates how animal studies contributed to the discoveries celebrated by this years’ Lasker Awards. Basic Medical Research Award The 2016 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award was awarded … Continue reading 2016 Lasker Awards shows importance of animal research
Lasker Awards 2012: How animal research empowered the pioneers of liver transplantation
As a medical student in 1950 one of my patients was a boy of my age dying of kidney failure and I was instructed to make him comfortable for he would be dead in two weeks. I asked if he could have a graft of a kidney and I was told "no" and then when … Continue reading Lasker Awards 2012: How animal research empowered the pioneers of liver transplantation
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