Classic Lasker: Willem J. Kolff - Lasker Foundation What was life like for Lasker Laureates while they were doing their Award-winning work? Listen in as Award Winners share their personal stories. You will hear about starting off in research during a World War, learn how Laureates navigated family and career, and find out how

#OTD in 1911, Willem J. Kolff was born. He received the #LaskerAward for developing renal #dialysis, which changed kidney failure from a fatal disease to a treatable disease. 🧪
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Classic Lasker Life Sciences Podcast · Updated Monthly · Listen in as Award Winners share their personal stories. You will hear about starting off in research during a World War, learn how Laureates navigated family and career, and find out how their discov…

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Happy birthday to #LaskerLaureate Alec Jeffreys! He developed DNA fingerprinting, a method that revolutionized human genetics and forensic diagnostics. 🧪
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We wish #LaskerAward winner Nancy G. Brinker a happy birthday! Brinker founded @susangkomen.bsky.social to raise awareness of #breastcancer. She helped transform a taboo topic into an international discussion. 🧪
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Classic Lasker: Paul Zamecnik - Lasker Foundation What was life like for Lasker Laureates while they were doing their Award-winning work? Listen in as Award Winners share their personal stories. You will hear about starting off in research during a…

Born #OTD, #LaskerLaureate Paul Zamecnik used antisense DNA to selectively inhibit gene expression. He revolutionized biochemistry and spawned new avenues of scientific inquiry. ow.ly/9TMR50Kl2BF
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Born #OTD, #LaskerLaureate David Cushman developed captopril, the first orally active ACE inhibitor. ow.ly/H1zK50KJg6R Cushman tells the story of how captopril went from a shelved project to a blockbuster #hypertension drug: ow.ly/bCpb50Q7JTo #ClassicLasker

#LaskerLaureate Mary-Claire King’s work has been essential in the fight against #breastcancer. In a #ClassicLasker podcast, she talks about the discovery of the BRCA1 gene. 🧪 buff.ly/qV9QGii #breastcancerawareness #cancerresearch #cancerprevention

October is #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth. #LaskerLaureate Nancy G. Brinker, founder of the Susan G. Komen foundation spoke with us in a #ClassicLasker podcast on her heroic efforts to increase funding for #breastcancer research. 🧪https://buff.ly/GYXJQqL #beatcancer #cancerresearch

James Darnell Jr., born #OTD, was recognized with a #LaskerAward for launching two fields: RNA processing & cytokine signaling, while fostering careers of >125 scientists. 🧪 laskerfoundation.org/winners/rna-...
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Knockout mice as models for human disease - Lasker Foundation Explore All 2001 Winners & Awards > Mario Capecchi University of Utah, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Martin Evans Cardiff University Oliver Smithies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill For…

Oliver Smithies, #LaskerLaureate, was born #OTD in 1925. His work laid the foundation for generating knockout mice for models of human disease. 🧪 🐭 ow.ly/RgLt50OUb7N
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Janet Rowley, #LaskerLaureate, was born OTD. She identified genetic alterations that cause #cancer that allow for cancer diagnosis at the molecular level. buff.ly/3CD4WHy Listen to her story: buff.ly/40RZLg2 #WomeInSTEM #ClassicLasker 🧪

Ralph M. Steinman was born #OTD. He won a #LaskerAward for his discovery of how #DendriticCells work in the immune system. #immunology @RockefellerUniv.bsky.social
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Southern blotting and DNA fingerprinting - Lasker Foundation Explore All 2006 Winners & Awards > Alec JeffreysUniversity of Leicester Edwin M. SouthernUniversity of Oxford For development of two powerful technologies— Southern hybridization and…

Happy birthday to #LaskerLaureate Alec Jeffreys, who developed genetic fingerprinting, a method that revolutionized human genetics and forensic diagnostics. https://buff.ly/4fMCQaq 🎧 a #ClassicLasker podcast: https://buff.ly/404eQK2

In this #ClassicLasker podcast, listen to #LaskerLaureate (s) Alain Carpentier and Albert Starr tell the story of how a breakthrough surgical technique, prosthetic aortic and mitral valves, came to be: laskerfoundation.org/classic-lask... @hopitalpompidou.bsky.social