Tomizo Yoshida
| Tomizo Yoshida | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 10, 1903 Asakawa, Fukushima, Japan |
| Died | April 27, 1973 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Fields | Pathology |
| Institutions |
University of Tokyo Tohoku University Nagasaki University |
| Alma mater | Imperial University of Tokyo |
| Known for | Yoshida Sarcoma |
| Notable awards |
Asahi Prize Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy Person of Cultural Merit Order of Culture Robert Koch Gold Medal |
Tomizo Yoshida (吉田 富三 Yoshida Tomizo, 1903 – 1973) was a Japanese pathologist, famous for Yoshida Sarcoma. He received Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy twice (1936 and 1953) and Robert Koch Gold Medal (1963).
Contribution
In 1943, Yoshida found a cancer cell line, so-called Yoshida Sarcoma, and proved that cancer is generated from cancer cells. His findings opened the way of cancer research in terms of cells, and developed research on chemotherapy.[1]
Life
Yoshida was born in Asakawa, Fukushima and graduated from the Medical School, Imperial University of Tokyo in 1927.[2] He was a professor of pathology at Nagasaki University from 1938 to 1944, Tohoku University from 1944 to 1952, before being appointed as a professor of pathology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo in 1952.[2] He became a director at the Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research in 1963. He was a member of the Japan Academy.
He died in 1973 at the age of 70.
Recognition
- 1936 Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy [2]
- 1952 Asahi Prize [2]
- 1953 Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy [2]
- 1959 Order of Culture [2]
- 1963 Robert Koch Gold Medal[3]