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Lasker Award winner Piet Borst sits at his desk.
Piet Borst Wins a Lasker Award for Scientific Excellence
This year's Lasker~Koshland Award for Special Achievement was awarded to Piet Borst for his stellar work on cell organelles, trypanosomes, and cancer drug resistance.
Piet Borst Wins a Lasker Award for Scientific Excellence
Piet Borst Wins a Lasker Award for Scientific Excellence

This year's Lasker~Koshland Award for Special Achievement was awarded to Piet Borst for his stellar work on cell organelles, trypanosomes, and cancer drug resistance.

This year's Lasker~Koshland Award for Special Achievement was awarded to Piet Borst for his stellar work on cell organelles, trypanosomes, and cancer drug resistance.

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