In Memoriam:
Vernon Mountcastle
Pioneering neuroscientist Vernon Mountcastle, whose investigations into how the brain processes perceptions led to the first functional map of the neocortex and earned him a 1983 Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, has passed away. (More>)

President's Message
The President of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, Claire Pomeroy, writes about the returns on investment in medical research, ways that the benefits of research transcend national borders, and why good science needs public support to thrive. (More>)

Restoring Vision to the Blind
The third report from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation and the International Retinal Research Foundation's 10-year collaboration, recently published in the ARVO journal Translational Vision Science & Technology (TVST), explores which approaches to restoring sight are most promising and most likely to benefit the greatest number of blind individuals who have lost vision as a result of retinal degenerative disease. (More>)

2014 Lasker Awards
View the presentations of the 2014 Lasker Awards and the laureates' acceptance speeches. (Watch>)

Breakfast at Lasker
Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows joined with winners of the 2014 Lasker Awards for a discussion, moderated by Lasker Board Member Jordan Gutterman, about careers in science, and about what matters most when pursuing questions in biomedical research. (More>)

Swab—Save a Life
By joining a bone marrow transplant registry, you might be able to one day save a life. To get started is as simple as mailing away a cheek swab with a DNA sample. More than 150,000 people are diagnosed each year with life-threatening blood diseases in the United States alone, and oftentimes bone marrow transplantation is the only treatment option. Read about the story of a member of the Lasker family who will need a transplant as he battles myelodysplastic syndrome. (More>)

What Constitutes Great Science?
A series of essays that examines the links between art and science by Joseph L. Goldstein, Chair of the Lasker Jury, is available for download. The essays originally appeared in Nature Medicine. (More>)

Your Candidates—Your Health
Compare candidates' views on health and research at a website developed with initial support from the Lasker Foundation. (More>)

Research!America: Funding by State
See how states rank in federal funding for research. (More>)