The Foundation announces the recipients of the 2024 Lasker Awards.
2024 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
Zhijian “James” Chen is honored for the discovery of the cGAS enzyme that senses foreign and self DNA, solving the mystery of how DNA stimulates immune and inflammatory responses.
2024 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Joel Habener, Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, and Svetlana Mojsov are honored for the discovery and development of GLP-1-based drugs that have revolutionized the treatment of obesity.
Quarraisha and Salim Abdool Karim are honored for illuminating key drivers of heterosexual HIV transmission; introducing life-saving approaches to prevent and treat HIV; and statesmanship in public health policy and advocacy.
Lasker Medical Research Awards Jury Chair Joseph Goldstein shows how a revolution in music inspired a masterpiece in painting—and discusses the creative possibilities that the boogie-woogie approach opens for scientists.
