Geneticist and humanitarian: Prof. Mary-Claire King receives Lasker Award

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) At a ceremony held in New York City on Sept. 19, 2014, leading geneticist and humanitarian Professor Mary-Claire King, 2008 Honorary Doctor of Philosophy of Tel Aviv University and the American Cancer Society Professor of Genome Sciences and Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, was awarded the 2014 Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science.