🧠 Orexin Awakens: Sleep, Science & Serendipity
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🧠 From Discovery to Lasker to Drug Therapy! In 1998, Emmanuel Mignot and Masashi Yanagisawa helped launch discoveries that transformed our understanding of orexin and narcolepsy—work now recognized with the 2026 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research. 🏆
The translational arc is remarkable: 🔬 orexin deficiency → narcolepsy type 1 → diagnostic biomarker → mechanism-based therapy. Today, we can 🌙 block orexin signaling for insomnia or ☀️ activate OX2R to restore wakefulness in narcolepsy.
A masterclass in how basic science changes medicine. 🎯
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MasterMedFacts · 2 min · Source published: 2026-09-14
Added to Harbor: 10/23/2026
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