
Shimon Sakaguchi
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 74 |
Institutions | Stanford University |
Johns Hopkins University | |
Fields | Pathology |
Immunology | |
Awards | Gairdner Foundation International Award |
Asahi Prize | |
Person of Cultural Merit | |
Keio Medical Science Prize | |
Canada Gairdner International Award | |
William B. Coley Award | |
Crafoord Prize | |
Born | Nagahama |
Shiga | |
Japan | |
Affiliations | Osaka University |
Interests | Immunology |
Education | Kyoto University |
Books | Regulatory T Cells |
Date of birth | January 1,1951 |
Citations | 119,700 |
Publications | scholar.google.com |
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ID | 679670 |
Shimon Sakaguchi Life story
Shimon Sakaguchi is an immunologist and a Distinguished Professor of Osaka University. He is best known for the discovery of regulatory T cells and to describe their role in the immune system. This discovery is used in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.