https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/22/stanford-scientist-who-discovered-cause-of-narcolepsy-wins-breakthrough-prize/

The richest award in science is going to a Stanford sleep scientist and other top thinkers in their fields, named winners of the glitzy Breakthrough Prize on Thursday morning.

Dr. Emmanuel Mignot of the Stanford University School of Medicine will share the $3 million prize with Masashi Yanagisawa of Japan’s University of Tsukuba for discovering the cause of a chronic sleep disorder called narcolepsy, paving the way for the development of new treatments for the overwhelming daytime drowsiness and sudden attacks of exhaustion.