Tamao Endo

Institution
Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology

Country
Japan

Field
Biomedical Sciences

Endo received the 2017 Japan Academy Prize for his research that has helped to identify the cause of Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy, an autosomal-recessive genetic disorder found almost exclusively in Japan.

(Photo: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology)

AWARDS
  • 2017 Japan Academy Prize

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