One of the researchers described the circumstances that led to the discovery as “serendipity.” This year’s prestigious Lasker ...

Three scientists are honored for developing a class of blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Is a Nobel prize on the way?

GLP-1 based drugs are transforming the treatment of obesity and opening up new avenues for addressing heart disease, ...

Zhijian “James” Chen received this year’s Albert Lasker Award for discovering cGAS, an enzyme which scopes out DNA-based ...

James Chen, a professor of microbiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has won a Lasker Award for his discovery of an ...

Three scientists whose work paved the way to the multibillion-dollar obesity drug boom have won the Lasker Award for “the ...

DURBAN - South African epidemiologists Quarraisha and Salim Abdool Karim have been recognised for their life-saving work on ...

Three scientists who invented imaging technology that revolutionized how ophthalmologists diagnose diseases of the eye have won a Lasker Award, one of the most prestigious prizes in medicine.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An OHSU doctor received the Lasker Award for clinical medical research after his technology helped treat millions. Doctor David Huang worked as a student at MIT in the ...

The recipients of the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, Svetlana Mojsov, Joel Habener, and Lotte Knudsen, have made significant contributions to medical research ...

James Chen of UT Southwestern Medical Center wins an award for his research into cGAS. (UT Southwestern Medical Center/Lasker ...

The lauded Lasker Awards, frequently tied to Nobel Prize acclaim, highlighted the significant accomplishments of three ...