Words matter. These are the best Tasuku Honjo Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Reading papers and memorizing them doesn’t make you a good researcher.
When we first isolated PD-1, we didn’t know what the function of this molecule would be. But while we were working on it for almost 10 years, we realized this is a very important molecule to regulate the immune system.
It would encourage young researchers if we can show that there is a big return for good research.
In the wake of the pain, economic loss, and unprecedented global suffering caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, I am greatly saddened that my name and that of Kyoto University have been used to spread false accusations and misinformation.
Of course I went to medical school strongly influenced by my father, I mean the family reason, and secondly I read the biography of Hideyo Noguchi who was the very interesting doctor, who went to the United States in his 20s and become professor in the Rockefeller Institute.
Life science is an investment for the future.
We’re focused on proposing solutions to problems along the way to realizing a society where people can enjoy good health and longevity.
Cancer immunotherapy is possible because we have a highly sophisticated immune system called ‘acquired immunity,’ which can catch small changes in tumor cells.
To make yourself a good scientist I would say first, you have to have curiosity. If you don’t have any curiosity you better choose something else.
I hope this century will be remembered as the century of the cancer treatment. That’s my hope.
The FBRI has been endeavouring to build an ecosystem of healthcare innovation, through engaging in R&D, supporting clinical research, providing business support and strengthening the research and business networks within the KBIC.
I received many prizes of course before the Nobel Prize and this is probably the last prize I get. But I felt when I see the patient and saying they were saved by the therapy we developed, that is the most moving, and also the time I feel my life has some meaning.
Follow your curiosity, and have the courage to meet the challenge. That’s where science starts, in my opinion.
So for me it’s more than happy to see many patients – often I can see them telling me, ‘You saved my life.’ This is my most enjoyable and, I would say, I’m very pleased to hear what I have done is really meaningful.
Cancer has been the No. 1 cause of death during the last half-century. The trend is getting even worse as the average life span increases.
We encourage many more scientists to join us in our efforts to keep improving cancer immunotherapy. We sincerely hope this treatment will reach far and wide so that everybody on our planet can benefit from this evolutionary gift for healthy life.
I’m very honored and pleased to receive the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
I know there are so many rich people in this country, and yet they don’t know how to spend their money.
I’d like to continue researching cancer for a while so that this immunotherapy will help save more cancer patients than ever before.
