Emmanuel Mignot

Prix

1. 2023

   Prix Breakthrough — Sciences de la vie

   Biologie

   for discovering that narcolepsy is caused by the loss of a small population of brain cells that make a wake-promoting substance, paving the way for the development of new treatments for sleep disorders..

2. 2026

   Prix Lasker — Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Biologie

   For identification of orexin, a brain peptide that maintains wakefulness, and discovery that orexin deficiency causes uncontrolled sleep in narcolepsy