Some lawmakers warned about overselling the impact of biomedical prizes because bringing new medical products to market still requires costly clinical trials and Food and Drug Administration approval.
Dr. Goodman is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and American Philosophical Society, and recipient of many honors including the Alan T. Waterman Award, Canada Gairdner Biomedical Award, March-of-Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology, Reeve-Irvine Research Medal, and Dawson Prize in Genetics from Trinity College Dublin.
Frangione told legislators that biomedical research prizes present unique challenges.
The awards, announced this morning, are the most prestigious U.S. prize in biomedical research.
When the Albany Medical Center in New York announced last November that it would award a new annual prize in biomedical research, one thing made the prize stand out: a cool half million bucks.
Two scientists who discovered a cell "machine" involved in protein folding and a researcher who found a life-saving treatment for malaria are this year's recipients of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation's Lasker Awards, which are among the most prestigious prizes in biomedical research.
He was here last week for the awarding of the fourth annual $500,000 Albany Medical Center prize in medicine and biomedical research, known as "America's Nobel" in that area.
Three researchers whose discoveries about cellular operations paved the way for a new generation of drugs that treat a variety of illnesses, including cancer and schizophrenia, won the nation's largest prize for medicine and biomedical research yesterday.
This honor, named for Dr. Greengard's mother, would give an annual $50,000 prize to an outstanding female biomedical researcher.
