GLP-1, Lasker Award
HMS Professor Wins Prestigious Lasker-DeBakey Award for Work on GLP-1
Harvard Medical School professor Joel F. Habener won the 2024 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his work on the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), the Lasker Foundation announced last Thursday.
The Six Winners Of The 2024 Lasker Awards Are Announced
Six individuals have received this year's Lasker Awards in the areas of basic research, clinical research, and public service. Each award carries a stipend of $250,000.
Long-overlooked scientist shares Lasker Award with other GLP-1 researchers
GLP-1 based drugs are transforming the treatment of obesity and opening up new avenues for addressing heart disease, addiction, and even Alzheimer’s. Now, three scientists who played key roles in their invention have won a prestigious Lasker Award for biomedical research.
Scientists Who Pioneered GLP-1 Drugs Honored With Lasker Award
Each year, the Lasker Awards honor a number of medical professionals doing standout work in research and public service. The New York Times has called the awards “the nation’s most prestigious medical prizes.
DNA-Sensing Enzyme Wins the 2024 Lasker Award
Zhijian “James” Chen received this year’s Albert Lasker Award for discovering cGAS, an enzyme which scopes out DNA-based threats and alerts the immune system.
Dallas scientist wins prestigious Lasker Award for immune research
James Chen, a professor of microbiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has won a Lasker Award for his discovery of an enzyme involved in immune response.
Obesity-Drug Pioneers Win Prestigious Lasker Award for Medical Science
Three scientists are honored for developing a class of blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Is a Nobel prize on the way?
Lasker Awards Honor Innovations in Obesity Treatment and Immunology
Lasker Awards recognized discoveries in immunology, therapeutics for obesity, and global contributions to the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Scientists who laid groundwork for weight-loss drugs win Lasker medical award
This year’s prestigious Lasker medical awards recognize a trio of scientists without whom Ozempic and other blockbuster ...
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ECNP 2024: GLP-1 drugs could have mental health benefits
Breakthrough – or even better, revolutionary breakthrough – is perhaps the most overused term in drug development. But the ...
Research That Led to Obesity Drugs Wins Major Medical Prize
Three scientists were recognized by the Lasker Awards for their work on the GLP-1 hormone. Others were honored for work to ...
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Lasker Award goes to three sci­en­tists who pi­o­neered re­search be­hind GLP-1 drugs
Three scientists whose work paved the way to the multibillion-dollar obesity drug boom have won the Lasker Award for “the ...
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Scientist who discovered body's 'fire alarm' against invading bacteria wins $250,000 Lasker prize
One of this year's coveted Lasker Awards has gone to Zhijian "James" Chen, a scientist behind a key immune-system discovery.
China-born Chen Zhijian wins top US medical research prize said to foretell Nobel
Texas-based Chen wins Albert Lasker Award for discovery of enzyme cGAS, holding out 'promise for fighting infectious diseases ...