Awards & Winners

1990 Canada Gairdner Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1990 Canada Gairdner Awards. Check awards winners of 1990 Canada Gairdner Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Gairdner Foundation International Award

Francis Collins, John R. Riordan, Tsui Lap-chee

(For contributions to the identification of the gene for cystic fibrosis.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Victor Ling

(For his discovery of the role of P-glycoprotein in the development of multidrug resistance of cancer cells.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Oliver Smithies, Edwin Southern

(For the discovery, development and application of gel electrophoresis methods that allow the separation and identification of specific proteins and nucleic acids.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

E. Donnall Thomas

(For the development of bone marrow transplantation as a therapy for leukemia and other blood disorders.)