The Paul Berg Papers

Title:: [Paul Berg with other 1980 Lasker Award winners]

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CAPTION READS: New York, N.Y. . . . Ten Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards winners are shown as they were presented at a press conference at the Hotel St. Regis on Wednesday, November 19.

Five Clinical Award winners won their awards for developing a vaccine against RH disease, which is caused by a blood factor called RH. When there is an incompatibility in the RH blood factors between father and mothers, a baby can be born dead or abnormal, a situation prevented by the vaccine.

The four Lasker Basic Award winners were honored for advancing research in Recombinant DNA--genetic engineering (gene-splicing).

The tenth winner, honored for a monumental study on high blood pressure, is the Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, represented by its director, Dr. Robert I. Levy.

Picture shows:

FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT--Drs. Berg, Levy, Borman, Finn, Clarke.

SECOND ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT--Drs. Cohen, Boyer, Kaiser, Pollack, Freda.

Number of Image Pages:

1 (257,158 Bytes)

Date:

1980-11-19 (November 19, 1980)

Creator:

[Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation]

Source:

Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation--Albert Lasker Awards Archives, 1944-. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division, Modern Manuscripts Collection (MS C 415). Box 2-1.

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IHM Order Number: B09591

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This item is in the public domain. It may be used without permission.

Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: Awards and Prizes

Exhibit Category:

Molecular Biology and a Changing Academic Landscape, 1980-present

Unique Identifier:

CDBBLK

Document Type:

Photographic prints

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Physical Condition:

Good

Folder: [Selected photographs gathered from the Images from the History of Medicine]

Metadata Last Modified Date:

2008-03-20

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