Japanese winner of U.S. Lasker Award

TSUKUBA, Japan, Sept. 11 Kyodo - Japanese sleep scientist Masashi Yanagisawa, a professor at the University of Tsukuba, attends a press conference at the university in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 10, 2026, after receiving the Lasker Award for basic medical research for identifying orexin and linking its deficiency to narcolepsy. (Kyodo)

Japanese winners of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese winners of U.S. Lasker Award

Composite photo shows Japanese Lasker Award winners (from L) Takehisa Kitazawa, Kunihiro Hattori and Tomoyuki Igawa of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., and Masashi Yanagisawa, a professor at the University of Tsukuba. The Chugai researchers received the clinical medical research award for developing a hemophilia treatment, while Yanagisawa won the basic medical research award for identifying orexin and linking its deficiency to narcolepsy.

Japanese winner of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese winner of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese sleep scientist Masashi Yanagisawa, a professor at the University of Tsukuba, attends a press conference at the university in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 10, 2026, after receiving the Lasker Award for basic medical research for identifying orexin and linking its deficiency to narcolepsy.

Japanese winner of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese winner of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese sleep scientist Masashi Yanagisawa, a professor at the University of Tsukuba, gives a lecture on his research at the university in Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 10, 2026, after receiving the Lasker Award for basic medical research for identifying orexin and linking orexin deficiency to narcolepsy.

Japanese winner of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese winner of U.S. Lasker Award

Japanese sleep scientist Masashi Yanagisawa, a professor at the University of Tsukuba, attends a press conference at the university in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 10, 2026, after receiving the Lasker Award for basic medical research for identifying orexin and linking its deficiency to narcolepsy.

2023 Tencent Science WE Summit hosted in Beijing

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Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Kazutoshi Mori smiles during a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014 in the city of Kyoto, western Japan. Mori shares the year's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award with Peter Walter of the University of California, San Francisco, for unraveling the inner workings of the cell to process proteins, an understanding that serve as a basis for ongoing development of drugs for a range of illnesses.

Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Kazutoshi Mori speaks at a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014 in the city of Kyoto, western Japan. Mori shares the year's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award with Peter Walter of the University of California, San Francisco, for unraveling the inner workings of the cell to process proteins, an understanding that serve as a basis for ongoing development of drugs for a range of illnesses.

Japan's Yamanaka receives Lasker medical research award

Japan's Yamanaka receives Lasker medical research award

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka delivers a speech during an award ceremony for the 2009 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award in New York on Oct. 2, 2009. Yamanaka received the award for his success in developing induced pluripotent stem cells, which have the potential to grow into body tissue.

Japan's Yamanaka honored with Lasker medical research award

Japan's Yamanaka honored with Lasker medical research award

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University Professor Shinya Yamanaka smiles during a press conference in Kyoto on Sept. 14 after winning the 2009 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for discoveries concerning nuclear reprogramming.

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Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Kazutoshi Mori smiles during a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014 in the city of Kyoto, western Japan. Mori shares the year's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award with Peter Walter of the University of California, San Francisco, for unraveling the inner workings of the cell to process proteins, an understanding that serve as a basis for ongoing development of drugs for a range of illnesses. (Kyodo)

Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Kazutoshi Mori speaks at a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014 in the city of Kyoto, western Japan. Mori shares the year's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award with Peter Walter of the University of California, San Francisco, for unraveling the inner workings of the cell to process proteins, an understanding that serve as a basis for ongoing development of drugs for a range of illnesses. (Kyodo)

Japan's Yamanaka receives Lasker medical research award

Japan's Yamanaka receives Lasker medical research award

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka delivers a speech during an award ceremony for the 2009 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award in New York on Oct. 2, 2009. Yamanaka received the award for his success in developing induced pluripotent stem cells, which have the potential to grow into body tissue. (Kyodo)

(CORRECTED)Japan's Yamanaka honored with Lasker medical research

(CORRECTED)Japan's Yamanaka honored with Lasker medical research

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University Professor Shinya Yamanaka smiles during a press conference in Kyoto on Sept. 14 after winning the 2009 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for discoveries concerning nuclear reprogramming. (Kyodo)