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On September 24, 2021, the Lasker Awards, an important award in the field of biomedicine, was announced.

The Lasker Prize enjoys a high reputation in the fields of life sciences and medicine, and is known as the "weathervane" of the Nobel Prize

Basic Medical Research Award

Reasons for the award: Dieter Oesterhelt, Peter Hegemann and Karl Deisseroth, three scientists, won the Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

Dieter Oesterhelt (retired, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry) discovered an archaeal protein that pumps protons out of the cell when exposed to light

Clinical Medicine Research Award

Reasons for the award: Katali Karikó from BioNTech and Drew Weissman from the University of Pennsylvania received the Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award

In early mRNA research, the mRNA that entered the cell would be recognized by the immune system as viral genetic material and be eliminated, unable to perform the function of the translated protein, and may also induce a severe immune response, and even lead to death

Karikó and Weissman's research overcomes this critical problem.

In the global pandemic of the new crown, mRNA vaccines were quickly developed and produced due to their rapid production and rapid customization characteristics, saving thousands of lives.

Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science

Reason for award: David Baltimore, as one of the most important biomedical scientists in the past fifty years, is known for the breadth and depth of discoveries in virology, immunology and cancer

David Baltimore, American biologist, one of the 1975 Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine

Introduction to the Lasker Prize

The Albert Lasker Medical Research Award is another top award in the field of physiology and medicine in addition to the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine

Reference materials:

1# LASKER FOUNDATION official website

2# Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award (Source: WIKI PEDIA)

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