“The 2026 Lasker Award recognizes not only a treatment that has changed care for people with hemophilia, but also a different way of thinking about drug design... a medicine can be engineered to bring existing components together and make them work again,” @forbes.com reports.

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In his #Lasker2026 acceptance speech in September, Basic Medical Research Award winner Masashi Yanagisawa shares what it took for him and his team to make the “unexpected, serendipitous discovery that orexin-deficient mice suffer from the sleep disorder #narcolepsy.” 🧪

“Like many of you, I have always been fascinated by science. My reason is simple. It works,” Emmanuel Mignot says during his #Lasker2026 acceptance speech. Hear more about his path that took him “from pharmacology to genetics, even to zebrafish, and lately to immunology.” 🧪

🍿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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“Their collective research efforts demonstrate how imagination, determination, & multidisciplinary scientific research come together to improve patients’ lives,” William Pao writes of the Clinical Medical Research Lasker Award winners in @pnas.org. 🧪

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

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

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As a lifelong advocate for medical research, I’m moved by stories that show how we all benefit when we invest in scientific discovery. Emmanuel Mignot and Masashi Yanagisawa’s identification of the brain peptide orexin is a beautiful example. via NEJM.org: https://ow.ly/g2oL50ZNYZ9

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Masashi Yanasigawa shares moments from early on in his career—and the power of friendly competition with the late David Mangelsdorf at UT Southwestern. 🧪

🎬 Watch a clip from Yanagisawa’s #Lasker2026 acceptance speech:

Meet the 2026 #LaskerAward recipients, recognized for their groundbreaking contributions to science and medicine. In partnership with the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, PNAS highlights the work of this year’s recipients. Explore now: https://ow.ly/WXGR50ZParx

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Meet the 2026 #LaskerAward recipients, recognized for their groundbreaking contributions to science and medicine. In partnership with Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, PNAS highlights the work of this year’s recipients. Explore the collection: https://ow.ly/X75b50ZPafm

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Presenting the 2026 Public Service Award, Peggy Hamburg says this prize is about showing appreciation and drawing inspiration from public service that has advanced medical research & public health. “This year's recipient is especially worthy of this award,” she says of Michael J. Fox.

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Always a privilege to share opening remarks at our #LaskerAward ceremony.

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#LaskerLaureate Takehisa Kitazawa says he has “encountered multiple drug discovery challenges” in his career. But failure, Kitazawa reminds us during his 2026 Clinical Medical Award acceptance speech, is a necessary step toward success. 🧪

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From playing with LEGO blocks as a child to riding a bicycle through the Himalayas: During his 2026 Clinical Medical Award acceptance speech, #LaskerLaureate Tomoyuki Igawa shares how challenges outside of research have helped influence him as a scientist.

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In his #Lasker2026 acceptance speech, #LaskerLaureate Masashi Yanagisawa credits his father for pursuing biology & basic research—a move that would eventually lead to Yanagisawa & his team’s “unexpected, serendipitous discovery that orexin-deficient mice suffer from the sleep disorder narcolepsy.” 🧪

“Like many of you, I have always been fascinated by science. My reason is simple. It works,” Emmanuel Mignot says during his #Lasker2026 acceptance speech. Hear more about his path that took him “from pharmacology to genetics, even to zebrafish, and lately to immunology.” 🧪

“The story of how orexin, a neuropeptide that maintains wakefulness, was identified and implicated in narcolepsy is no yawner,” Rita Rubin reports in @JAMA.com.

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For Michael J. Fox, the recognition that comes with receiving the 2026 Public Service #LaskerAward “belongs to a much larger community,” The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research reports:
https://ow.ly/QyYR50ZNAhT

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