Paul Berg with other 1980 Lasker Award winners Paul Berg with other 1980 Lasker Award winners

Contributor(s): Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation Publication: Produced: 19 November 1980 Language(s): No linguistic content Format: Still image Subject(s): Awards and Prizes Genre(s): Archival Materials Photographic prints Abstract: 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. Copyright: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information) Extent: 1 pages NLM Unique ID: 101584580X176 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: CDBBLK Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584580X176 Archival Collection: The Paul Berg Papers (Profiles in Science)