Six individuals have received this year's Lasker Awards in the areas of basic research, clinical research, and public service ...

GLP-1 based drugs are transforming the treatment of obesity and opening up new avenues for addressing heart disease, ...

Three scientists whose work paved the way to the multibillion-dollar obesity drug boom have won the Lasker Award for “the ...

Biochemist Zhijian "James" Chen, director of the Inflammation Research Center and a professor of molecular biology at the ...

Three scientists are honored for developing a class of blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Is a Nobel prize on the way?

One of the researchers described the circumstances that led to the discovery as “serendipity.” This year’s prestigious Lasker ...

Through decades of pioneering work on fighting the spread of infectious diseases such as HIV, South African public health ...

James Chen, a professor of microbiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has won a Lasker Award for his discovery of an ...

DURBAN - South African epidemiologists Quarraisha and Salim Abdool Karim have been recognised for their life-saving work on ...