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.