Nobel winner Tanaka speaks at medical gathering

Nobel winner Tanaka speaks at medical gathering

FUKUOKA, Japan - Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in chemistry, gives a presentation at a general meeting of the Japan Medical Congress in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, on April 4.

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