title: Trio of Scientists Wins Lasker Award.
abstract: Gregg L. Semenza, MD, PhD; Peter J. Ratcliffe, MD; and William G. Kaelin Jr., MD, will share the 2016 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award. Bestowed by the Lasker Foundation, the award recognizes their discovery of the pathway that cells use to sense and adapt to changes in availability of oxygen. Such changes can play a role in cancer progression and the development of other medical conditions.
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways / Q000235:genetics*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen