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Tasuku Honjo (本庶 佑, Honjo Tasuku, born January 27, 1942) is a Japanese physician-scientist and immunologist. He won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and is best known for his identification of programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1). [3]
Tasuku Honjo The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018. Born: 27 January 1942, Kyoto, Japan. Affiliation at the time of the award: Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Prize motivation: “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation”. Prize share: 1/2.
Oct 1, 2018 · The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018 was awarded jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation"
Tasuku Honjo. Deputy Director-General and Distinguished Professor. View more details. Research Fields. Molecular Immunology. Research Overview. Honjo is well known for his discovery of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) that is essential for class switch recombination and somatic hypermutation.
It was one of the most devastating American bombing raids targeting civilians, which took place in Toyama City on August 1, 1945, just two weeks before the end of the war. We escaped the fire by jumping into a ditch beside a rice field to avoid the heat from the nearby burning houses.
Jun 17, 2024 · Tasuku Honjo (born January 27, 1942, Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese immunologist who contributed to the discovery of mechanisms and proteins critical to the regulation of immune responses and whose work led to the development of novel immunotherapies against cancer.
Oct 1, 2018 · James Allison and Tasuku Honjo pioneered treatments that unleash the body’s own immune system to attack cancer cells.
Professor, Kyoto University. Discovery of the Mechanism Responsible for the Functional Diversification of Antibodies, Immunoregulatory Molecules and Clinical Applications of PD-1.
Dr. Tasuku Honjo, awarded Keio Medical Science Prize. On September 12, Keio University announced the 21st Keio Medical Science Prize laureates, and Dr. Tasuku Honjo (Medical Scientist, Professor of Kyoto University, 2016 Kyoto Prize laureate in Basic Sciences) was selected.
Oct 1, 2018 · American James Allison and Japan’s Tasuku Honjo have won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine for a pioneering approach to cancer treatment. The Nobel committee said the pair’s research – which...
