Michiaki Takahashi
Japanese virologist
About Michiaki Takahashi
Lived 1928 – 2013 (aged 85). Michiaki Takahashi was a Japanese virologist.
was a Japanese virologist, best known for inventing the first chickenpox vaccine. He developed the "Oka" vaccine by producing v-Oka, a live-attenuated virus strain of varicella zoster virus.
Life Born at Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan, on February 17, 1928,
Between 1963 and 1965 he studied at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, and at the Fels Research Institute of Temple University, in Philadelphia. After retirement from Osaka University, he was given the title professor emeritus.
He died on December 16, 2013, from heart failure.
Awards Saburo Kojima Memorial Culture Award (1975) VZVRF's third Scientific Achievement Award (1997) Prince Mahidol Award (2008)
On 17 February 2022, Takahashi was honoured with a Google Doodle on his 94th birthday.
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Japanese virologist (1928-2013)
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Michiaki Takahashi was born on 17 February 1928 in Higashisumiyoshi-ku.
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Michiaki Takahashi died on 16 December 2013 in Suita.
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