2004 PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARD FOR TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Scientists at the forefront of the fight against cancer.

Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research on Spain's Joan Massagué, Tony Hunter - from Great Britain - and Judah Folkman, Bert Vogelstein and Robert Weinberg, of USA: five scientists who have developed a fundamental facet of cancer research and who lead the world in their field.