Prof yoshihiro kawaoka biography

Yoshihiro Kawaoka

Japanese researcher

Yoshihiro Kawaoka (河岡 義裕, Kawaoka Yoshihiro, born November 14, ) is a virologist specializing in the study of the influenza and Ebola viruses. He holds a professorship in virology in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and at the University of Tokyo, Japan.

Following the West African Ebola virus epidemic of , Kawaoka began development of an Ebola vaccine working in close coordination with Alhaji N'jai a toxicologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his non-profit organization Project , Inc.[1]

Controversial experiment

Kawaoka created a new virus based on H5N1, which he revealed to the public in [2] For now, no known vaccine has been developed. His research was halted by a moratorium issued from the US government in However, in he was allowed to resume the research.[3][4]

Dan Brown mentioned the experiment in his novel Inferno.[5]

Recognition

Selected publications

  • Jasenosky, Luke D; Neumann, Gabriele; Lukashevich, Igor; Kawaoka, Y (). "Ebola virus vpinduced particle formation and association with the lipid bilayer". J Virol. 75 (11): – doi/JVI OCLC&#; PMC&#; PMID&#;
  • Watanabe, Tokiko; Watanabe, Shinji; Ito, Hiroshi; Kida, Hiroshi; Kawaoka, Y (). "Influenza A virus can undergo multiple cycles of replication without m2 ion channel activity". J Virol. 75 (12): – doi/jvi PMC&#; PMID&#; Retrieved
  • Schultz-Cherry, S; Dybdahl-Sissoko, N; Neumann, G; Kawaoka, Y; Hinshaw VS (). "Influenza Virus NS1 Protein Induces Apoptosis in Cultured Cells". J Virol. 75 (17): – doi/jvi ISSN&#;X. OCLC&#; PMC&#; PMID&#;
  • Hatta, M; Gao, P; Halfmann, P; Kawaoka, Y (). "Molecular basis for high virulence of Hong Kong H5N1 influenza A viruses". Science. (): – BibcodeSciH. doi/science ISSN&#; OCLC&#; PMID&#; S2CID&#;
  • Goto, Hideo; Wells, Krisna; Takada, Ayato; Kawaoka, Y. (). "Plasminogen-binding activity of neuraminidase determines the pathogenicity of influenza A virus". J Virol. 75 (19): – doi/jvi ISSN&#;X. OCLC&#; PMC&#; PMID&#;
  • Kobasa, Darwyn; Wells, Krisna; Kawaoka, Yoshihiro (). "Amino Acids Responsible for the Absolute Sialidase Activity of the Influenza A Virus Neuraminidase: Relationship to Growth in Duck Intestine". J Virol. 75 (23): – doi/jvi OCLC&#; PMC&#; PMID&#;
  • Kawaoka, Y; Neumann, Gabriele (). Influenza Virus&#;: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, Methods and Protocols, Vol.&#; Springer. doi/ ISBN&#;. S2CID&#;
  • Watanabe, Tokiko; Kawaoka, Yoshihiro (June ). "Ebora shukketsu netsu no seiatsu ni mukete&#;: Wakuchin kaihatsu to shierareone de no kenkyu" [Control of Ebola hemorrhagic fever&#;: vaccine development and our Ebola project in Sierra Leone]. Virus (in Japanese). 66 (1): 53– doi/jsv ISBN&#;. ISSN&#; OCLC&#; PMID&#;

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