Masashi Yanagisawa
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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.
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Shuji NakamuraAlso won Asahi Prize
Victor AmbrosAlso won Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Isamu AkasakiAlso won Asahi Prize
Katalin KarikóAlso won Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Peter J. RatcliffeAlso won Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cardiovascular Research
Brian KobilkaAlso won John J. Abel AwardAbout this person
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.
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