The Asian Scientist 100
Hiroshi Hamada
Professor
Institution
Osaka University
Country
Japan
Field
Biomedical Sciences
Hamada won the 2014 Keio Medical Science Prize for his 1996 discovery of a gene called Lefty that determines the differences between left and right.
(Photo: Osaka University)
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