For the identification of TDP-43, a pathological signature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), and for other contributions to the study of neurodegenerative diseases
Masato Hasegawa
Head of Department of Brain and Neurosciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo
Virginia Man-Yee Lee
John H. Ware 3rd Endowed Professor in Alzheimer's Research, and Director of Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
For demonstrating inherited susceptibility for breast and ovarian cancer and discovering the role played by mutations of the BRCA1 gene
Mary-Claire King
Professor of Medicine and of Genome Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
For foundational research on the genetic basis of blood diseases and for advancing gene therapy for sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia
Stuart H. Orkin
David G. Nathan Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator