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Sep 16, 2026
Maggie KuhlHOST
The Lasker Awards are medical science awards that are often referred to as America's Nobel Prizes.
Maggie KuhlHOST
And in 1969, the Greek-American doctor who developed levodopa actually received a Lasker Award as well.
Maggie KuhlHOST
Michael's honor this year recognizes his work empowering patient voices and accelerating research toward improved therapies and cures for Parkinson's disease.
Maggie KuhlHOST
And Brian, the Lasker Awards are a big deal for people who work in research.
Maggie KuhlHOST
What was your reaction?
Brian FiskeGUEST
I think just amazed and also not surprised.
Tokyo BillHOST
In today's episode, Japan raises alarm over new United Nations world map.
Tokyo BillHOST
Japanese researchers win big at Lasker Awards and Ig Nobel Awards.
Tokyo BillHOST
Government survey finds AI critics have lower tech literacy.
Tokyo BillHOST
These are some of the recent stories on Japan that happened to catch my eye.
Tokyo BillHOST
Government spokesperson Minoru Kihara said Tokyo needed to prevent misconceptions about its territories from spreading.
Tokyo BillHOST
The dispute comes weeks after Putin's first visit to the islands prompted Japan to summon the Russian ambassador and drew a sharp rebuttal from Moscow.
Tokyo BillHOST
Four Japanese scientists won Lasker Awards, widely considered the most prestigious medical prizes in the United States, with the award ceremony scheduled for New York on September 17th.
Tokyo BillHOST
University of Tsukuba professor Masashi Enagisawa shared the Basic Medical Research Award with a Stanford colleague for discovering orexin, a substance involved in sleep regulation and narcolepsy, contributing to the development of new therapeutic drugs.
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Now the country is demanding the international community take action.
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Local media report that Prime Minister Balendra Shah is set to attend the UN General Assembly later this month and deliver an address.
Raja PradhanHOST
[news theme plays] Four Japanese have won Lasker Awards for their contribution to medical science.
Raja PradhanHOST
The Lasker Foundation made an announcement about the award on Wednesday.
Raja PradhanHOST
The Laskers are widely regarded as the most prestigious medical awards in the United States.
speaker_2CORRESPONDENT
Local media report that Prime Minister Balendra Shah is set to attend the UN General Assembly later this month and deliver an address.
Raja PradhanHOST
[news jingle] Four Japanese have won Lasker Awards for their contribution to medical science.
Raja PradhanHOST
The Lasker Foundation made an announcement about the award on Wednesday.
Raja PradhanHOST
The Laskers are widely regarded as the most prestigious medical awards in the United States.
James TenganHOST
Two more local elections are scheduled in September.
James TenganHOST
Four Japanese have won Lasker Awards for their contribution to medical science.
James TenganHOST
The Lasker Foundation made an announcement about the award on Wednesday.
James TenganHOST
The Laskers are widely regarded as the most prestigious medical awards in the United States.
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Oda is also enthusiastic about that milestone.
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Four Japanese scientists win prestigious Lasker Awards.
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Four Japanese scientists whose work transformed hemophilia treatment and advanced understanding of sleep disorders received Lasker Awards, one of medicine's most prestigious honors.
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The New York-based Lasker Foundation announced the awards on September ninth, recognizing University of Tsukuba Professor Masashi Yanagisawa for his discoveries that paved the way for new narcolepsy treatments.
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Three researchers from Chugai Pharmaceutical Company were likewise honored for developing the hemophilia A drug Hemlibra, an antibody drug that has benefited more than thirty thousand hemophilia patients worldwide and reshaped treatment.
Emmanuel MignotGUEST
And on top of that, there is of course, specific sleep disorders, you know, like sleep apnea, which we know now are, are bad for your health.
Rita RubinHOST
Now, the Lasker Award is not the first honor that the two of you have shared.
Rita RubinHOST
Could you explain your individual yet complementary contributions in identifying orexin and its role in narcolepsy?
Masashi YanagisawaGUEST
So back in ninety-five, ninety-six, we started-- I, I was in, uh, uh, UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.
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Masashi YanagisawaGUEST
So finally, now it's been recognized-
Rita RubinHOST
Nice
Masashi YanagisawaGUEST
... by Breakthrough Prize, followed by Lasker Award.
Masashi YanagisawaGUEST
That's really-
Lisa CoussensGUEST
And so as an aquatic biologist, I applied, and I got that job and was very quickly put out of business with the birth of many of the, um, biotechnology support companies, NEB, Biolabs, blah, blah, blah.
Lisa CoussensGUEST
Um, but I ended up in the lab of Axel Ullrich, um, who was awarded the Lasker Prize three years ago, um, who was a co-discoverer of, um, and developer of Herceptin.
Lisa CoussensGUEST
Um, but in Axel's lab, I learned about molecular biology and cloning and saw the difference basic research could have and...
Sujuan BaHOST
Alana, your path could hardly have been more different.
Ross MandellHOST
...
Ross MandellHOST
the Lasker Award winner.
Ross MandellHOST
That's the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Lasker.
Ross MandellHOST
But you are really, uh Um, you must be an incred- I can tell you're a great salesperson.
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