photo Tasuku Honjo

Tasuku Honjo

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2018
for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation
Together with: James P. Allison
Citizenship
Japan Japan
Languages
English, Japanese
date of birth
1/27/1942, 1/1/1942
place of birth
Kyoto
Age
84 years
occupation
  • university teacher
  • biochemist
  • immunologist
  • physician
educated at
  • Yamaguchi Prefectural Ube High School
  • Kyoto University
employer
  • University of Osaka
  • Kyoto University
  • Hirosaki University
  • University of Tokyo
field of work
  • immunology
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1/1/2001
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
    • start time: 1/1/2003
  • Japan Academy
    • start time: 12/12/2005
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