Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research

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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.^[1] The award frequently precedes a Nobel Prize in Medicine; almost 50% of the winners have gone on to win one.