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Hidesaburo Hanafusa (花房 秀三郎, Hanafusa Hidesaburo, born December 1, 1929) death March 15, 2009 was a Japanese virologist. He shared Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research with Harold Varmus and Michael Bishop for demonstrating how RNA tumor viruses cause cancer, and elucidating their role in combining, rescuing and maintaining oncogenes in the viral genome.[1]
Achievement
Excellence and superiority shine through his nearly 300 publications notable for their originality and experimental precision; Hidesaburo Hanahusa made foundational contributions to our understanding of retroviral genetics, signal transduction, and oncogenesis.[2]
Life
Hidesaburo Hanafusa was born in Hyogo prefecture, Japan and received his PhD in biochemistry in 1960 from Osaka University, where he also met his late first wife, Teruko, the only woman in his class.[3] After his postdoctoralship in US and France, he was appointed as Professor of molecular oncology at Rockefeller University in 1973, and returned to Japan in 1998, becoming Director, Osaka Bioscience Institute.[3] He was a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences and a member of the Japan Academy.[2] On Sunday, March 15, 2009, He died in Osaka at the age of 79.[2]
Awards
- 1982 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research[3]
- 1983 Asahi Prize[3]
- 1986 G.H. Clowes Memorial award, American Association for Cancer Research[3]
- 1993 Alfred P. Sloan Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation[3]
- 1995 Order of Culture[3]
- 2000 Doctorate of Science, honoris causa, Rockefeller University[3]
References
- ^ 1982 Winners, Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
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External Links
- "Obituary: Hidesaburo Hanafusa (1929–2009)". Nature.
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- 1929 births
- 2009 deaths
- Cancer researchers
- Japanese biologists
- Japanese virologists
- Japanese microbiologists
- Recipients of the Order of Culture
- Recipients of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Rockefeller University faculty
- Osaka University alumni
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