was a Japanese virologist known for identifying the molecular structure of Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 responsible for Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma.
Life Yoshida was born in Toyama, Japan and received his Ph.D. in 1967 from the University of Tokyo."ヒトのがんウイルスに挑む" Biography of Mitsuaki Yoshida After his postdoctoral fellowship at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, he worked to uncover the relationship between oncovirus and carcinogenesis at the Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research from 1975 to 1989. He was appointed as Professor at the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo in 1989, where he served as Dean from 1996 to 1998. After retiring from the University of Tokyo and becoming Professor Emeritus, he was Director at the Tsukuba Research Institute of BANYU Pharmaceutical Co. (Merck & Co. today) in Tsukuba and Director at the Cancer Chemotherapy Center, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research.吉田光昭|研究者紹介|がん研究所 Profile of Mitsuaki Yoshida
Awards 1982: Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund Prize 1986: Asahi PrizeAsahi Prize recipients 1999: Tomizo Yoshida Award第8回 平成11年|8th recipient 2000: Medal with Purple Ribbon (Japanese Government)
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