James P. Allison: Crusading for Cancer Immunotherapy
MAY 6, 2020
Allison shares how his early-career fascination with T-cell behavior eventually led to monoclonal antibody therapy for melanoma, a fundamentally new strategy for treating cancer.
MAY 6, 2020
Allison shares how his early-career fascination with T-cell behavior eventually led to monoclonal antibody therapy for melanoma, a fundamentally new strategy for treating cancer.
MAY 6, 2020
Cohen’s quest to understand how bacteria share genes laid a foundation for recombinant DNA technology and helped expand the biological promise of genetic engineering.
APRIL 6, 2020
Using a data-driven approach, Alfred Sommer convinced the world of the importance of vitamin A for public health.
APRIL 6, 2020
Renowned geneticist Evelyn Witkin discusses how enthusiasm, luck, and a little defiance helped shape her career.
APRIL 6, 2020
Sharp's discoveries revealed how genetic information is processed at the RNA level.
MARCH 10, 2020
Kandel discusses how studying an unusual model organism helped reveal mechanisms underlying learning and memory.
MARCH 10, 2020
Bishop and Varmus share their personal and professional journeys that led to the discovery that oncogenes are present in normal cells.
DEC. 5, 2017
Lasker Laureate Joseph Gall, the founder of modern cell biology, reveals some of the secrets behind his success.
DEC. 4, 2017
Lasker Laureate Yuet Wai Kan discusses major challenges in the development of novel therapies employing stem cells for the treatment of sickle cell disease and thalassemia.
JULY 12, 2017
Lasker Laureate Elizabeth Neufeld on being a woman in academia in the late 1940s and early 1950s, her advice to young scientists today, and what getting a Lasker Award meant to her.