Albert Lasker (1880-1952) was a prominent advertising executive during the first half of the 20th century. During his 40-year tenure with the Chicago-based Lord and Thomas, Lasker built the company into the largest advertising agency in the United...

Laskers highlight addiction, RNA work A physician, a molecular biologist and a biochemist received the 43rd annual Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards, announced this week by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation in New York City. For his pioneering work in...

Behavioral, DNA workers win Laskers Three molecular geneticists who clarified the relationship between DNA and antibody production, along with a psychiatrist who pioneered drug treatment for the mentally ill, are recipients of the 42nd annual Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards, which were...

Inventor James Hillier, who helped develop and market the first commercially successful electron microscope in the United States and found uses for it in medical research, has died at age 91.Hillier died Jan. 15 at a Princeton hospital after suffering a stroke, according to his...

Two researchers who opened up the field of heart-valve replacement and a scientist who discovered a type of cell that plays a key role in the immune system have won prestigious medical prizes.The $150,000 Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards will be presented Sept. 28 in...