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Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
DescriptionResearch aimed at curing intractable diseases and extending human life.
DateFebruary 20, 2013 (2013-02-20)
Reward(s)$3 million
First awarded2013
Websitebreakthroughprizeinlifesciences.org

The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences is a monetary award, funded by internet entrepreneurs; Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan of Facebook, Sergey Brin of Google, and Yuri Milner and Anne Wojcicki, founders of genetics company 23andMe. The Chairman of the Board is Arthur D. Levinson of Apple.

The award of $3 million, the largest award in the sciences, is given to researchers who have made discoveries that extend human life.[1] The Prize will be awarded annually, beginning in 2013, with up to five awards given in subsequent years. Winners are expected to give public lectures, and will form the committee to decide future winners.

2013 winners

Eleven inaugural winners were announced in 2013. Each will receive $3,000,000.

  • Cornelia I. Bargmann, for the genetics of neural circuits and behavior, and synaptic guidepost molecules.
  • David Botstein, for linkage mapping of Mendelian disease in humans using DNA polymorphisms.
  • Lewis C. Cantley, for the discovery of PI 3-Kinase and its role in cancer metabolism.
  • Hans Clevers, for describing the role of Wnt signaling in tissue stem cells and cancer.
  • Titia de Lange, for research on telomeres, illuminating how they protect chromosome ends and their role in genome instability in cancer.
  • Napoleone Ferrara, for discoveries in the mechanisms of angiogenesis that led to therapies for cancer and eye diseases.
  • Eric S. Lander, for the discovery of general principles for identifying human disease genes, and enabling their application to medicine through the creation and analysis of genetic, physical and sequence maps of the human genome.
  • Charles L. Sawyers, for cancer genes and targeted therapy.
  • Robert A. Weinberg, for characterization of human cancer genes.
  • Shinya Yamanaka, for induced pluripotent stem cells.
  • Bert Vogelstein, for cancer genomics and tumor suppressor genes.

References

  1. ^ Rory Carroll (20 February 2013). "Breakthrough Prize announced by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 February 2013.

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