The Asian Scientist 100
Koh Gou Young
Institution
Institute for Basic Science
Country
South Korea
Field
Biomedical Sciences
Koh won the 2018 Ho-Am Prize in medicine for his work on the role of vascularization in tumors and eye diseases. (Photo: Institute for Basic Science)
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