Tadamitsu Kishimoto

Institution
Osaka University

Country
Japan

Field
Biomedical Sciences

Kishimoto is one of three awardees of the 2020 Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science for his discovery and cloning of the protein known as interleukin-6 (IL-6), which regulates antibody production. After identifying IL-6, Kishimoto and his team cloned its receptor to demonstrate its role in inflammatory diseases like arthritis—revolutionizing the treatment of rheumatoid and juvenile arthritis.

(Photo: Japan Prize Foundation)

AWARDS
  • Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science

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