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Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

Emmanuel Mignot and Masashi Yanagisawa are honored for identification of orexin, a brain peptide that maintains wakefulness, and the discovery that orexin deficiency causes uncontrolled sleep in narcolepsy—revealing a key insight into the nature of sleep.

Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

Takehisa Kitazawa, Kunihiro Hattori, and Tomoyuki Igawa are honored for invention of a bispecific antibody that joins blood clotting Factors IX and X, restoring deficient Factor VIII activity in hemophilia A and preventing severe bleeding in this genetic disorder.

Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award

Michael J. Fox is honored for empowering patients’ voices and accelerating research to find improved therapies and a cure for Parkinson’s disease.

The 2026 Lasker Award videos

Learn about the 2026 Lasker Laureates and their work.

Learn more about the Basic Award

Learn more about the Clinical Award

Learn more about the Public Service Award