Six individuals have received this year's Lasker Awards in the areas of basic research, clinical research, and public service ...

Three scientists are honored for developing a class of blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Is a Nobel prize on the way?

James Chen, a professor of microbiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has won a Lasker Award for his discovery of an ...

One of this year's coveted Lasker Awards has gone to Zhijian "James" Chen, a scientist behind a key immune-system discovery.

One of the researchers described the circumstances that led to the discovery as “serendipity.” This year’s prestigious Lasker ...

James Chen of UT Southwestern Medical Center wins an award for his research into cGAS. (UT Southwestern Medical Center/Lasker ...

Three scientists were recognized by the Lasker Awards for their work on the GLP-1 hormone. Others were honored for work to ...

GLP-1 based drugs are transforming the treatment of obesity and opening up new avenues for addressing heart disease, ...

We are deeply honoured and humbled to be recipients of this prestigious award that recognises our and the CAPRISA team, ...

Through decades of pioneering work on fighting the spread of infectious diseases such as HIV, South African public health ...

Zhijian “James” Chen received this year’s Albert Lasker Award for discovering cGAS, an enzyme which scopes out DNA-based ...

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