In May, former Damon Runyon Fellow and current Board Member Elaine V. Fuchs, PhD, will receive the nation’s largest award in medicine and science, the $500,000 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research.
Elaine, along with two co-recipients, has been a world leader in the study of stem cells, laying the groundwork for a field of research that is transforming the way diseases like cancer, diabetes, and Parkinson’s are approached.
Her pioneering work began as a Damon Runyon Fellow at MIT while helping to culture skin stem cells for the treatment of burn victims. She later developed “reverse genetics,” which involves altering proteins to uncover the diseases they cause when dysfunctional. Her subsequent breakthroughs in dermatology have led to new treatments for numerous skin disorders and have helped reveal the genetic underpinnings of skin cancer.
Last year, Elaine was named president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, and in 2009 was awarded the National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest scientific honor, by President Obama.
> Watch the Albany Prize video announcement
> Read a fascinating NY Times Q&A with Elaine
Shilley keegan
04/30 at 02:51 AM
Congrats a lot to Runyon and Elaine for achieve this huge award. I hope they will able to keep up their position. Thanks dude.
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