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Sakaguchi, winner of esteemed Canadian medical research prize

Osaka University professor Shimon Sakaguchi, one of two Japanese professors selected for the 2015 Canada Gairdner International Awards, speaks in an interview in Osaka, western Japan, on March 24, 2015, of his discovery of regulatory T cells. He received the award "for his discovery of regulatory T cells, characterization of their role in immunity and application to the treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancer." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sakaguchi, winner of esteemed Canadian medical research prize

Osaka University professor Shimon Sakaguchi, one of two Japanese professors selected for the 2015 Canada Gairdner International Awards, speaks in an interview in Osaka, western Japan, on March 24, 2015, of his discovery of regulatory T cells. He received the award "for his discovery of regulatory T cells, characterization of their role in immunity and application to the treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancer." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese scientist Yoshinori Osumi wins Nobel Prize in medicine

File photo taken in March 2015 shows Japanese scientist Yoshinori Osumi attending a press conference in Tokyo after winning the Canada Gairdner International Award. Osumi won the 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Oct. 3 for discovering and elucidating mechanisms for autophagy, an intracellular process that degrades and recycles proteins. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo