# Masashi Yanagisawa

> Masashi Yanagisawa  is a Japanese-American molecular biologist and physician, famous for his discovery of the hormone endothelin and the neuropeptide orexin, the absence of which is the cause of narcolepsy. He is currently the Director of the International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba, and an adjunct professor at the Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

*American medical scientist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1960-05-25
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.3 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #92

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