#LaskerLaureate Akira Endo discovered statins, a life-saving medicine that cuts the risk of heart attack and #stroke in patients with high cholesterol. ow.ly/mXX450Ob8Zy
#NationalStrokeAwarenessMonth #StrokeAwareness
Happy 82nd birthday to #LaskerLaureate Alim Louis Benabid! Benabid developed #DeepBrainStimulation , a surgical technique that reduces tremors in patients with advanced #Parkinsonsdisease . Institut Fourier ow.ly/NAAl30ovZ23
#LaskerLaureate Isaac Djerassi won a #LaskerAward in 1972 for combination therapy for lymphoma and acute leukemia. Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital
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“You will fail if you don’t believe in yourself.”—Life advice from #Lasker Laureate Katalin Kariko
#AskAScientist #Lasker
#OTD in 1903, #LaskerLaureate Hans Walter Kosterlitz was born. He identified the relationship between the opiate receptors and the naturally occurring enkephalins. University of Aberdeen ow.ly/SQxj30oehyC
'If you don’t know what’s going on, then you can’t do anything to help anybody.”
Listen to #LaskerLaureate Christopher Reeve's thoughts on education, activism, and patient advocacy in a new episode of the #ClassicLasker podcast: ow.ly/RHTQ50Rjoaa
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
#LaskerLaureate Rachel Schneerson was recognized for the development of the Hemophilus influenza type b (Hib) vaccine, which has all but eliminated childhood #meningitis . She was born #OTD . NIH
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#WorldImmunizationWeek
#LaskerLaureate Choh H. Li was born #OTD in 1913. In 1962, Li won the #LaskerAward for the identification and isolation of six hormones of the anterior pituitary gland. University of California ow.ly/kQZF30oehyj
Two-time #LaskerLaureate Michael Heidelberger was born #OTD in 1888. Heidelberger developed #immunochemistry (ow.ly/UNQL30oehyG) and a polysaccharide vaccine against pneumococcal diseases. ow.ly/s0TR30oehyF
Columbia University NYU Langone Health
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“Either way it turned out, it was going to be interesting.”
Looking for something to read this weekend? Read about #LaskerLaureate John Gurdon’s breakthrough discovery of nuclear reprogramming. #DevelopmentalBiology #StemCellBiology
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2023 #LaskerAward winner Dr. David Huang recalls how the fine layers of the retina inspired the idea to develop a novel imaging modality. #LaskerLaureate #ohsu Lasker Foundation vimeo.com/869723324
🥳Congratulations to @DemisHassabis and John Jumper @DeepMind for winning the 2023 #LaskerAward for their work on computational #ProteinStructurePrediction with #AlphaFold
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MT [Dec 13, 2023] Lasker Foundation #LaskerLaureate Fred L. Soper was born #OTD . He received the Albert Lasker Public Service Award in 1946 for organizing eradication campaigns to combat yellow fever and #malaria . ow.ly/GVIW30mlgIQ
'Stay curious, adopt the right attitude, & stay on track no matter how long & winding the truth may be.'
It could not be said better. From #LaskerLaureate Katalin Kariko who laid the groundwork for the mRNA vaccines ( nytimes.com/2021/04/08/hea…)
Women in Science Day Faculty of Science TMU