This year’s prestigious Lasker medical awards recognize a trio of scientists without whom Ozempic and other blockbuster weight-loss drugs might not exist. The work of Joel Habener, a physician-investigator at the Mass General Research Institute and Harvard Medical School professor;

Six individuals have received this year's Lasker Awards in the areas of basic research, clinical research, and public service. Each award carries a stipend of $250,000.

Three scientists are honored for developing a class of blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Is a Nobel prize on the way?

Three scientists were recognized by the Lasker Awards for their work on the GLP-1 hormone. Others were honored for work to stop H.I.V. and for immune system discoveries.

James Chen, a professor of microbiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has won a Lasker Award for his discovery of an enzyme involved in immune response.

Three scientists whose work paved the way to the multibillion-dollar obesity drug boom have won the Lasker Award for “the discovery and development of GLP-1-based drugs that have revolutionized the treatment of obesity,

DURBAN - South African epidemiologists Quarraisha and Salim Abdool Karim have been recognised for their life-saving work on HIV/AIDS. The two are this year’s recipients of the prestigious Lasker Award for public service.

Half a century of advancements in biomedical science paved the way for today's powerful weight-loss drugs like Ozempic -- so what was that journey like for the scientists involved?Though Habener didn't realize its significance at the time,