Abstract
This year's Lasker DeBakey Clinical Research Award goes to Napoleone Ferrara for the discovery of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) as a major mediator of angiogenesis and for the development of an effective anti-VEGF therapy for wet macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in the elderly.
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Publication types
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Biography
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Historical Article
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Angiogenesis Inhibitors / history*
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Angiogenesis Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
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Awards and Prizes*
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Eye / blood supply
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History, 20th Century
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History, 21st Century
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Humans
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Neoplasms / drug therapy
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Neovascularization, Pathologic / prevention & control
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United States
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / antagonists & inhibitors*
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / genetics
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Wet Macular Degeneration / drug therapy*
Substances
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Angiogenesis Inhibitors
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A