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Sakaguchi Takemasa
Professor
Affiliation Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences
Discipline Immunology/Rheumatology
Academic Degrees Hiroshima University　Doctor of Medicine
Research Fields Medicine,dentistry, and pharmacy; Basic medicine; Virology
Research Keywords Sendai virus (HVJ) / SARS-CoV-2 / influenza virus / hepatitis B virus / Protein three dimensional structure / morphogenesis / interferon / accessory protein / anti-virus / persimmon tannin
Comments I have been working in the field of virology for 35 years. I have been doing basic research on RNA viruses, mainly paramyxoviruses and influenza viruses, and hepatitis B virus, and more recently applied research on disinfectants and antiviral agents. Currently, we are working hard to combat the novel coronavirus. (April 20, 2021)
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Topic Epidemiology/Virus/Infectious Disease
SDGs 3 Good health and well-being 4 Quality education 9 Industry, innovation, infrastructure
Educational Programs [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Medicine : Program of Medicine : Medicine
[Bachelor Degree Program] School of Dentistry : Program of Dentistry : Dentistry
[Master's Program] Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences : Division of Integrated Health Sciences : Program of Biomedical Science
[Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences : Division of Integrated Health Sciences : Program of Biomedical Science
[Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences : Division of Biomedical Sciences : Program of Medicine
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