Hidesaburo Hanafusa
Hidesaburo Hanafusa | |
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花房 秀三郎 | |
| Born | December 1, 1929 |
| Died | March 15, 2009 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Osaka University |
| Known for | Discovery of oncogenes |
| Spouse | Teruko |
| Children | 1 (Kei Hanafusa) |
| Awards | Lasker Award (1982) Order of Culture (1995) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Oncology Virology |
| Institutions | Rockefeller University Osaka Bioscience Institute |
| Doctoral students | |
Hidesaburo Hanafusa (花房 秀三郎, Hanafusa Hidesaburō, December 1, 1929 – March 15, 2009) was a Japanese virologist. He shared the 1982 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research with Harold E. Varmus and J. Michael Bishop for demonstrating how RNA tumor viruses cause cancer, and elucidating their role in combining, rescuing and maintaining oncogenes in the viral genome.