John Clements, who has died aged 101, was a physician whose research into the healthy functioning of the pulmonary system ...

Molecular geneticist was sole candidate to succeed outgoing Rocky Tuan, who was embroiled in controversy following 2019 ...

Breakthrough – or even better, revolutionary breakthrough – is perhaps the most overused term in drug development. But the ...

Harvard Medical School professor Joel F. Habener won the 2024 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his work on ...

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Lasker Awards recognized discoveries in immunology, therapeutics for obesity, and global contributions to the fight against ...

Half a century of biomedical advancements paved the way for today's powerful weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, but what was ...

(Exosurf is no longer on the market.) In 1994, Dr. Clements received the Lasker Award, commonly known as the American Nobel. The award citation described his work as “the most important discovery in ...

An innovation that has kickstarted a revolution in the study and practice of health care is getting even more attention.

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Each year, the Lasker Awards honor a number of medical professionals doing standout work in research and public service. The ...

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