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Biologist Awarded Top Prize

The Lasker award has been awarded by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation in three categories—basic medical research, clinical medical research and special achievement—for the last 50 years.

“Why many people consider it to be very important is that many winners of the Lasker prize have gone on to win the Nobel Prize,” Dowling said, but added that the medical category winners are typically the ones to do so.

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