4 Japanese win US Lasker Awards in medicine
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Japanese sleep scientist Masashi Yanagisawa and three Japanese researchers who developed a hemophilia treatment drug at Chugai P
Japanese researchers Masashi Yanagisawa and Kunihiro Hattori, along with Tomoyuki Igawa and Takehisa Kitazawa, have been honored with Lasker Awards in medicine. Yanagisawa, a professor at the University of Tsukuba, won for his work on sleep science alongside Stanford University professor Emmanuel Mignot. The trio from Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. were recognized for developing Hemlibra, a treatment for hemophilia.
Yanagisawa shared his award with Mignot for identifying orexin, a brain peptide that helps maintain wakefulness, and discovered its deficiency leads to narcolepsy. Hattori, Igawa, and Kitazawa expressed their surprise and honor at receiving the prestigious awards, which have not been awarded to Japanese scientists in 12 years.
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