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2019/1/6

"Japan Medical Research and Development Award" Prime Minister's Award Seiji Ogawa, Specially Appointed Professor of Tohoku Fukushi University

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　On December 2018, 12, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced the winners of the "27nd Japan Medical Research and Development Award".

　The Japan Medical Research and Development Awards honors the great achievements in promoting research and development in the medical field toward the development of medical care not only in Japan but also around the world, and enhances incentives for researchers by deepening the interest and understanding of the public. That is the purpose.Winners will be decided after selection by the selection committee for cases recommended by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development.

　This time, the second time, the "Prime Minister's Award", which is given to the extremely remarkable achievement, was awarded to "Development of functional MRI" by Professor Seiji Ogawa of Tohoku Fukushi University's Institute of Sensitive Welfare. It was discovered that the MRI image signal changes depending on the amount of deoxidized hemoglobin in the blood, and it was evaluated that it was possible to non-invasively image the function of the brain by putting functional MRI using this effect. Was done.

　In addition, the "Minister of Health and Medical Strategy Award" is the "Basic Research on Drug Discovery with Molecular Targeting Epigenetic Control" by Professor Minoru Yoshida, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, and the "Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award". , Kyoto Prefectural Medical University Graduate School of Medicine, Professor Toshiyuki Sakai's "Discovery of Tramethinib, a Cancer Therapeutic Agent by Reactivating Cancer Suppressive Genes", "Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Award", Ishihara, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo "Development of biocompatible biomaterial MPC polymer" was awarded by Professor Kazuhiko.

Reference: [Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] About the winners of the 2nd Japan Medical Research and Development Award, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award

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