Albany Medical Center Prize

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The Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research is the United States' highest value prize in medicine and biomedical research.

The prize was established in 2000 from a US$50 million gift from late-Morris Silverman's Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation. Among prizes for medicine, the Albany Medical Center Prize is second only to the $1.4 million Nobel Prize in Medicine.

In 2008, the $500,000 prize was shared by Joan Steitz and Elizabeth Blackburn.

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• Associated Press. "Scientists share $500,000 prize for biomedical research", May 2, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-05-03. 

• "Women scientists at Yale, UC-San Francisco win $500K Albany Med award", The Business Review, May 2, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-05-03.