The
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research is one of the
prizes awarded by the
Lasker Foundation for a fundamental discovery that opens up a new area of biomedical science.
The award frequently precedes a
Nobel Prize in Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine () is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute, Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single ...
; almost 50% of the winners have gone on to win one.
List of recipients
See also
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List of biomedical science awards
Notes
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