Tasuku Honjo
Tasuku Honjo is a renowned Japanese immunologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2018 for his discovery of the PD-1 protein, which plays a crucial role in regulating the immune system's response to cancer. His groundbreaking research has laid the foundation for the development of immunotherapy treatments that have transformed cancer care worldwide.
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Tasuku Honjo is an immunologist who, along with James P. Allison, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2018 for their work on immune checkpoints.
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Spain:
Tasuku Honjo is a Japanese scientist who discovered a key protein for cancer immunotherapy and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2018.
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Australia:
Tasuku Honjo was awarded the Nobel Prize for showing how certain receptors revealed cancer to the immune system.
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Spain:
Tasuku Honjo discovered the PD-1 protein that has been crucial in cancer treatment.
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