Laura Tedesco November 21, 2024 Added to Email Alert 183 It was 1996, and Masashi Yanagisawa was on the brink of his next discovery. The Japanese scientist had arrived at the University of Texas Southwestern 5 years earlier, setting up his own lab at age 31. After earning his medical degree, he’d gained notoriety as...
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Emmanuel Mignot wins Breakthrough Prize for discovering cause of narcolepsy
September 22, 2022 – By Nina Bai “I think receiving this Breakthrough Prize is incredible, and I also definitely have the reward of seeing my patients completely changed by these new drugs,” said Emmanuel Mignot. “It’s a fantastic kind of human adventure.”Stanford Medicine photo Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, the Craig Reynolds Professor of Sleep Medicine, is...
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Researchers identify a novel autoantigen in narcolepsy, a mimic of a protein from swine flu virus
by University of Helsinki H1N1 influenza virus particles. Credit: NIAID Researchers at the University of Helsinki have identified influenza virus peptides that resemble human protein fragments and can cause an immune response against the body’s own cells due to cross-reactivity. The recently completed study confirms the notion that influenza A (H1N1) virus peptides can trigger an autoimmune...