Douglas S. Campbell: Great to See a Strong Japanese Presence in 2026 Lasker Awards
Douglas S. Campbell, Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Cell Death at Frontiers, shared a post on LinkedIn:
”Great to see a strong Japanese presence in 2026 Lasker Awards. Congratulations!.
2026 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
Recipients: Emmanuel Mignot (Stanford University) and Masashi Yanagisawa (University of Tsukuba)
For: The independent discovery of the neuropeptide orexin (hypocretin) and demonstrating its central role in regulating wakefulness, revealing that its loss is the underlying cause of narcolepsy.
2026 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Recipients: Kunihiro Hattori, Tomoyuki Igawa, and Takehisa Kitazawa (Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)
For: The creation and clinical development of emicizumab (Hemlibra), a bispecific antibody that mimics coagulation Factor VIII to transform the treatment of hemophilia A.
2026 Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award
Recipient: Michael J. Fox (The Michael J. Fox Foundation)
For: Transformative leadership and patient advocacy in establishing a research foundation that has raised over $2 billion to accelerate drug development and biomarker research for Parkinson’s disease.”
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