Two independent paths converged on the same system governing sleep and wakefulness: Masashi Yanagisawa found that lack of orexin causes #narcolepsy in mice, while Emmanuel Mignot of Stanford Medicine mapped the dog narcolepsy gene to orexin receptor-2: https://ow.ly/iMsf50ZLA1n

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What happens when someone has hemophilia A? The absence of a protein called Factor VIII causes uncontrolled bleeding when injured.

🧪So 2026 Lasker Award winners developed the bispecific antibody emicizumab, which mimics Factor VIII & restores clotting capacity: https://ow.ly/tpJl50ZNuQ8
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For 26 years, Lasker Jury Chair Joseph L. Goldstein has explored the intersection of science and art in annual essays. This year, he reflects on “Reimagination in art and science.” Read the PNAS Perspective:
https://ow.ly/6zWH50ZNVmR

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For 26 years, Lasker Jury Chair Joseph L. Goldstein has explored the intersection of science and art in annual essays. This year, he reflects on “Reimagination in art and science.” Read the #PNAS Perspective:
https://ow.ly/AoKS50ZNW5i

#Lasker2026 #LaskerLaureate Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation

Robert Flaumenhaft tells us in the Journal of Clinical Investigation how Factor VIIIa replacement was both a “triumph and tragedy,” and which “inspirational step” ultimately led to a breakthrough in the management of hemophilia A.

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In the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Clifford B. Saper congratulates the 2026 Basic Medical Research #LaskerAward winners Emmanuel Mignot and Masashi Yanagisawa for making “a ‘touchdown’ in the game of life that every basic scientist dreams about.”

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“Reimagination begins with existing ideas and envisions them in a new way that creates innovative possibilities. Reinvention, in contrast, breaks completely with existing ideas and produces something radically new from the ground up,” Lasker Jury Chair Joseph L. Goldstein writes for #Lasker2026. 🧪

The 2026 Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award honors Michael J. Fox for empowering patients’ voices and accelerating research toward improved therapies and a cure for Parkinson’s disease. Read the QnA: https://ow.ly/P8WA50ZNuoE

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The 2026 Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award honors Michael J. Fox for empowering patients’ voices and accelerating research toward improved therapies and a cure for Parkinson’s disease. Read the QnA: https://ow.ly/SpxC50ZNtZH

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🍿2026 Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award winner Michael J. Fox has harnessed his celebrity to raise awareness and understanding of a devastating illness that impacts 10 million people worldwide.

Watch how.

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🎞️ Watch for an explainer of the science behind the 2026 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research award.

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🎥 Watch for an explainer of the science behind the 2026 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award.

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In 2025, STAT reported that “a race to develop a new class of narcolepsy drugs could not only transform treatment for patients with the rare sleep disorder, but also many people with common health conditions who struggle with a core part of human functioning — staying awake.”

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“Japanese sleep scientist Masashi Yanagisawa and three Japanese researchers who developed a #hemophilia treatment drug at Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. won Lasker Awards in medicine on Wednesday,” Kyodo News Official reports.

共同通信北米３支局　Kyodo News North America #Lasker2026 #LaskerAward 🧪

Michael J. Fox’s “efforts show that celebrity can be used to make a meaningful impact. He did this by becoming an informed advocate who engaged scientists, policymakers, donors, and patients with equal authenticity.” —via Journal of Clinical Investigation

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“This year’s awardees were recognized for their achievements in the discovery of orexin, the development of a novel bispecific antibody, and bringing patients to the forefront of drug discovery,” Drug Discovery News reports about the 2026 #LaskerAward winners.

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Med News: Drs Emmanuel Mignot and Masashi Yanagisawa, winners of this year’s @laskerfdn.bsky.social Basic Medical Research Award, discuss how their research on the neuropeptide orexin led to a new #narcolepsy treatment💤

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“Hollywood can be daunting, but it has nothing on the biomedical research enterprise. We plunged headfirst into a system we knew nothing about,” 2026 Public Service #LaskerAward winner Michael J. Fox writes for @JAMA.com.

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The 2026 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award honors Kunihiro Hattori, Tomoyuki Igawa & Takehisa Kitazawa for inventing a bispecific antibody that prevents severe bleeding in hemophilia A. Read now:
https://ow.ly/sU8S50ZM4qR

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The 2026 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award honors Kunihiro Hattori, Tomoyuki Igawa & Takehisa Kitazawa for inventing a bispecific antibody that prevents severe bleeding in hemophilia A. Read now:
https://ow.ly/Zxhs50ZM4m5

#Lasker2026 #LaskerLaureate Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation