title: Canadian stem cell scientists take the prize.
abstract: This year, the recipients of the Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research are Ernest A. McCulloch and James E. Till. The landmark studies of McCulloch and Till in the 1960s defined the hallmark properties of stem cells: the ability to self-renew and differentiate.
authors.affiliation: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA. ssharkis@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Saul J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Sharkis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D002170:Canada; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D051379:Mice; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells; D012108:Research Personnel; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*