title: Every life has equal value.
abstract: The 2013 Lasker∼Bloomberg Public Service Award will be given to Bill and Melinda Gates "for leading an historic transformation in the way we view the globe's most pressing health concerns and improving the lives of millions of the world's most vulnerable."
authors.affiliation: Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109-5234, USA. Electronic address: lhood@systemsbiology.org.
authors.forename: Leroy E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Hood
authors.forename: Edward D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Lazowska
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D005582:Foundations; D005653:Fund Raising / Q000266:history; D014943:Global Health / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D014481:United States