Masashi Yanagisawa

Institution
University of Tsukuba

Country
Japan

Field
Biomedical Sciences

Yanagisawa was awarded the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for discovering that narcolepsy is caused by an individual losing a small population of brain-cells that produce a wake-promoting substance.

(Photo: International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine )

AWARDS
  • 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

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