How does the brain peptide orexin maintain wakefulness? 🧪In an astounding experimental intersection, Emmanuel Mignot of Stanford Medicine and Masashi Yanagisawa of the University of Tsukuba revealed a key insight into the nature of sleep. #LaskerAward #Lasker2026
Unlocking a Secret to Sleep and Wakefulness
The 2026 Lasker Basic Medical Research Award honors Emmanuel Mignot and Masashi Yanagisawa for identification of orexin, a brain peptide that maintains wakefulness, and the discovery that orexin deficiency causes uncontrolled sleep in narcolepsy—revealing a key insight into the nature of sleep.
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