2009 Lasker Awards

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

Brian J. Druker, of Oregon Health & Science University, Nicholas B. Lydon, formerly of Novartis, and Charles L. Sawyers, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, recipients of the 2009 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for groundbreaking work on the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia, talk about their research. The Lasker Awards, the most prestigious medical research awards in the United States today, recognize outstanding accomplishments in basic and clinical medical research and public service.

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