Long-overlooked scientist shares Lasker Award with other GLP-1 researchers
GLP-1 based drugs are transforming the treatment of obesity and opening up new avenues for addressing heart disease, addiction, and even Alzheimer’s. Now, three scientists who played key roles in their invention have won a prestigious Lasker Award for biomedical research.
HMS Professor Wins Prestigious Lasker-DeBakey Award for Work on GLP-1
Harvard Medical School professor Joel F. Habener won the 2024 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his work on the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), the Lasker Foundation announced last Thursday.
Obesity-Drug Pioneers Win Prestigious Lasker Award for Medical Science
Three scientists are honored for developing a class of blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Is a Nobel prize on the way?
Scientists who laid groundwork for weight-loss drugs win Lasker medical award
One of the researchers described the circumstances that led to the discovery as “serendipity.” This year’s prestigious Lasker medical awards recognize a trio of scientists without whom Ozempic and other blockbuster weight-loss drugs might not exist.
Dallas scientist wins prestigious Lasker Award for immune research
The immune system has a remarkable way of fighting foreign invaders. Antibodies circulating in the blood can latch on to bits of virus, and certain cells can gobble up bacteria. But when wayward DNA gets inside our cells,
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The winding, fitful path to the wildly popular weight loss drug Ozempic
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Research That Led to Obesity Drugs Wins Major Medical Prize
Three scientists were recognized by the Lasker Awards for their work on the GLP-1 hormone. Others were honored for work to ...
为新一代减重疗法奠基，这名女性科学家获拉斯克奖殊荣
▎药明康德内容团队编辑近日，素有“诺奖风向标”之称的拉斯克奖（The Lasker Awards）揭晓。麻省总医院的Joel Habener博士、洛克菲勒大学的Svetlana Mojsov博士，以及诺和诺德的Lotte Bjerre Knudsen女士荣获临床医学研究奖，表彰他们发现并开发了GLP-1类药物。药明康德内容团队已经向读者介绍了Lotte Bjerre ...
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The winding, fitful path to weight loss drug Ozempic
Joel Habener of Massachusetts General Hospital and Svetlana Mojsov of The Rockefeller University, who are being honored with the prestigious Lasker Award for their role in the research ...