1657: Shizuo Akira
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/02/27
“In my office. Professor Paula Pitha-Rowe called to inform me that I have been selected as the winner of the Milstein Award 2007.”
“I am very honored to be included in such prominent list, and proud of the internationally high standard of interferon research in Japan.”
“Identification of TLR9 as CpG DNA receptor.”
“Of course, TLR9. I have high hopes for TLR9 stimulating molecules in vaccine development, allergy treatment, and cancer immunotherapy.”
“IL-6 is now found to be an essential cytokine which drives Th17 response.”
“Blockade of IL-6 action or STAT3 signaling will be useful for treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases and autoimmune diseases.”
“I wanted to do research, and decided to pursue graduate studies at Osaka University, Medical School.”
“The encounter with both superb scientists determined my fate to become a scientist.”
“That was my first trip to the US.”
“I had difficulty in communicating in English.”
“For one, the generation of various knockout mice increased the number of papers because the mice are utilized in other laboratories in a collaborative manner.”
“Our main strategy is to find out the next research target from the phenotype of knockout mice before embarking on the in vitro experiments.”
“Medical doctor. Perhaps a novelist, but I know I will not become a good writer.”
“I like to read novels.”
“To continue the high quality of our publications, but it does not mean to simply publish papers in high-impact journals.”
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