5 Scientists Win $250,000 Awards for Medical Research

Source: chronicle.com Posted By: Scuplin K...5334 days ago

Five scientists will share $250,000 awards in medical research from the Lasker Foundation for their work on stem cells and treatment of leukemia.

The foundation will honor the recipients at a ceremony in New York on October 2. Many Lasker honorees go on to win Nobel Prizes, according to the foundation.

John Gurdon of the University of Cambridge and Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University will be recognized for their discoveries on the process through which specialized adult cells become stem cells.....

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