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.
