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In Memoriam: Akira Endo
JUNE 12, 2024
Akiro Endo, whose discovery of the statins revolutionized the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease, has passed away at the age of 90.
In Memoriam: Mahlon DeLong
MAY 30, 2024
Mahlon DeLong, whose investigations of the area of the brain responsible for controlling movement led to a novel therapy for patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease, has passed away at the age of 86.
In Memoriam: Yoshio Masui
MAY 8, 2024
Yoshio Masui, whose studies of frog eggs helped reveal the universal machinery for regulating cell division in all eukaryotic organisms, has passed away at age 93.
In Memoriam: Roger Guillemin
MARCH 1, 2024
Roger Guillemin, whose pioneering studies in the field of neuroendocrinology were recognized with a 1975 Lasker Basic Research Award, has passed away at age 100.
In Memoriam: Michael Grunstein
MARCH 1, 2024
Michael Grunstein, who helped demonstrate how modifications to histone proteins influence the expression of genes, has passed away at age 77.
In Memoriam: Roy Calne
JAN. 8, 2024
Roy Calne, whose role in developing liver transplantation brought about a revolution in organ transplantation, has passed away at the age of 93.
In Memoriam: Furid Murad
SEPT. 8, 2023
Ferid Murad, whose discoveries concerning the role that nitric oxide plays in the cardiovascular system earned him a 1996 Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award, has passed away at the age of 86.
In Memoriam: Evelyn Witkin
JUL. 12, 2023
Evelyn Witkin, a towering figure in genetics, whose discoveries provided the basis for understanding the DNA damage response, has passed away at 102.
In Memoriam: Donald Brown
JUN. 8, 2023
Donald Brown, a biologist who provided insights into gene amplification and the ways that cells manufacture RNAs, has passed away at the age of 91.
In Memoriam: Paul Berg
FEB. 20, 2023
Paul Berg, whose role in launching the recombinant DNA revolution was recognized with a 1980 Lasker Award, has passed away at age 96.
In Memoriam: Emil Gotschlich
FEB. 20, 2023
Emil Gotschlich, whose vaccine against bacterial meningitis has protected millions of lives, has passed away at age 88.
In Memoriam: David Allis
JAN. 20, 2023
David Allis, whose work underpinned a new understanding of the role of histone proteins in gene expression, has passed away at 71.
In Memoriam: Dieter Oesterhelt
DEC. 2, 2022
Dieter Oesterhelt, whose discovery of the first bacteriorhodopsin helped launch a new field of medical research, has passed away at the age of 82.
In Memoriam: John Edward Porter
JUNE 8, 2022
John Edward Porter, whose legislative efforts to increase support for medical research was recognized with a Lasker Award has passed away at 87.
In Memoriam: Anne B. Fordyce
JUNE 4, 2022
Anne B. Fordyce, a longtime member of the Lasker Board of Directors, has passed away at 77.
In Memoriam: Donald Pinkel
MAR. 13, 2022
Donald Pinkel, who was recognized with a 1972 Lasker Award for developing a cure for acute lymphocytic leukemia, has passed away.
In Memoriam: Aaron Beck
NOV. 8, 2021
Aaron Beck, who developed cognitive therapy to treat depression, anxiety, and other disorders, has passed away at 100.
In Memoriam: Purnell W. Choppin
JULY 6, 2021
Purnell W. Choppin, a renowned virologist and a longtime member of the Lasker Board of Directors, has passed away at 91.
In Memoriam: Emil Freireich
FEB. 2, 2021
Emil Freireich, who was recognized with a 1972 Lasker Award for developing combination chemotherapy as a treatment for childhood leukemia, has passed away at 93.
In Memoriam: Dale Kaiser
JUNE 29, 2020
Pioneering molecular geneticist Dale Kaiser passes away at 92. Kaiser was honored with a 1980 Lasker Basic Medical Research Award.
In Memoriam: Raymond Erikson
MAY 31, 2020
Raymond Erikson, who was honored with a 1982 Lasker Award for insights into oncogenes, has passed away at the age of 84.
In Memoriam: Philip Leder
FEB. 24, 2020
Philip Leder, who was honored with a 1987 Lasker Award for his studies of the genetics of antibody diversity, has passed away at 85.
In Memoriam: Michael Berridge
FEB. 13, 2020
Michael Berridge, whose landmark discoveries concerning the mechanism of cellular signaling earned him a 1989 Lasker Award, has passed away.
In Memoriam: Harry Rubin
FEB. 11, 2020
Harry Rubin, whose explorations of how normal cells become cancer cells transformed cancer research, has died at 93.
In Memoriam: Stanley Cohen
FEB. 7, 2020
Stanley Cohen, whose discovery of the epidermal growth factor receptor was recognized with a 1986 Lasker Award, has died at 97.
In Memoriam: John B. Robbins
DEC. 4, 2019
John B. Robbins, who contributed to the development of a vaccine for bacterial meningitis, has passed away at age 86.
In Memoriam: Bernard Fisher
OCT. 22, 2019
Bernard Fisher, whose research transformed breast cancer treatment, has passed away at 101.
In Memoriam: Sydney Brenner
APRIL 5, 2019
Sydney Brenner, whose pioneering insights expanded the frontiers of molecular biology, has passed away at age 92.
David Weatherall Passes Away at 85
DEC. 10, 2018
David Weatherall, whose pioneering discoveries concerning genetic diseases of the blood were recognized with a Lasker Special Achievement Award, has passed away at 85.
Remembering a Founding Father of Plasmid Biology
MAY 11, 2018
Stanley Falkow, one of the great microbe hunters of all time, has died at age 84.
In Memoriam: James Holland
MARCH 26, 2018
James Holland, an early proponent of chemotherapy to treat cancer, has passed away at 92.
Geneticist Charles Yanofsky Passes Away at 92
MARCH 23, 2018
Pioneering geneticist Charles Yanofsky, who established the co-linear relationship between genes and proteins, has died at age 92.
In Memoriam: Günter Blobel
FEB. 21, 2018
Günter Blobel, whose fruitful pursuit of the signal hypothesis yielded a 1993 Lasker Award in Basic Medical Research, has passed away at 81.
Thomas Starzl Passes Away at 90
MARCH 5, 2017
Thomas Starzl, an innovative and determined surgeon who performed the first successful human liver transplant, has died at age 90.
In Memoriam: Oliver Smithies
JAN. 12, 2017
Oliver Smithies, whose research into gene targeting paved the way for the development of a powerful technology to create animal models of human diseases, has died at 91.
Peter Nowell Remembered
JAN. 11, 2017
Peter Nowell, whose investigations of a chromosomal abnormality changed the course of cancer research, has died at age 88.
Remembering a Great Cancer Biologist
JULY 13, 2016
Alfred Knudson, a 1998 Lasker Laureate whose two-hit hypothesis explained that malignancies can occur because of a loss or inactivation of both copies of a gene that normally functions to inhibit cell growth, which we now call a tumor suppressor gene, has passed away at age 93.
Remembering Robin Chandler Duke
FEB. 15, 2016
Robin Chandler Duke was a tireless advocate of family planning, world population stabilization and women's reproductive rights. In 1991, she received Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for her work. Ms. Duke died on Saturday, February 6, at 92.
Alfred Gilman Remembered
DEC. 24, 2015
Alfred Gilman, a 1989 Lasker Laureate whose investigations of G-proteins revealed processes by which cells communicate with one another and make sense of their environment, has died.
Pioneer Mapmaker of Brain Function Dies
AUG. 5, 2015
Louis Sokoloff, who deployed PET scan technology to create vivid maps of brain function and won a 1981 Clinical Medical Research Award, has passed away.
