Shimon Sakaguchi (坂口 志文, Sakaguchi Shimon, born January 19, 1951) is an immunologist and a Distinguished Professor of Osaka University.[1] He is best known for the discovery of regulatory T cells and describing their role in the immune system. This discovery is used in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Biography

Sakaguchi was born in Japan's Shiga Prefecture and educated at Kyoto University.

In 2015, the news agency Thomson Reuters signals Shimon Sakaguchi among potential recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.[2]

Awards and recognition

at the Royal Ontario Museum on October 29, 2015

References

  1. ^ "Experimental Immunology – Osaka University Immunology Frontier Research Center". IFReC | Osaka University Immunology Frontier Research Center. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. ^ Announcing the 2015 Citation Laureates by Thomson Reuters.
  3. ^ William B. Coley Award-Award, Cancer Research Institute (cancerresearch.org)
  4. ^ The 2008 Keio Medical Science Prize Awardees, Keiō University
  5. ^ "Distinguished Professor Shimon SAKAGUCHI of IFReC awarded Canada Gairdner International Award". Osaka University. March 26, 2015.
  6. ^ The Asahi Prize Asahi Shimbun
  7. ^ Shimon Sakaguchi National Academy of Sciences
  8. ^ Shimon Sakaguchi MD, PhD, Gairdner Foundation
  9. ^ "The Asian Scientist 100". Asian Scientist. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  10. ^ "News & Topics | Osaka University Immunology Frontier Research Center".
  11. ^ "Goethe-Universität —". www.uni-frankfurt.de.
  12. ^ "Robert Koch Stiftung – Shimon Sakaguchi". www.robert-koch-stiftung.de.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_Sakaguchi
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