Championing Innovation: The 2023 Lasker Award Winners and Their Impact on Science and Medicine

Congratulations to the remarkable winners of the 2023 Lasker Awards!

Discover more about their incredible achievements and contributions to the world of science and medicine on the Lasker Foundation website.

Piet Borst, recipient of the special achievement award, is a trailblazer in fields from parasitology to oncology. His pioneering work includes the development of the first mouse tumor model for studying drug resistance in cancer cells.

James G. Fujimoto, David Huang and Eric A. Swanson have revolutionized health care with their invention of optical coherence tomography (OCT). This groundbreaking technology has saved eyesight in millions by enabling rapid detection and treatment of retinal diseases. OCT development involved tests with nonhuman primates, cows and rabbits!

The Lasker Foundation honored Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their creation of AlphaFold, an artificial intelligence system that predicts protein structures across the biological spectrum (including plants, animals and humans). This innovation advances biomedical research with animals and clinical studies involving humans.

Dive deeper into their remarkable journeys and contributions through these insightful videos:

Borst:

Fujimoto, Huang and Swanson: 

Hassabis and Jumper:

Let's celebrate these incredible minds shaping the future of science and medicine!