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Yusuke Nakamura was born on 8 December, 1952 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is a Medical researcher in Japan. Discover Yusuke Nakamura's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?
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71 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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8 December, 1952 |
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8 December |
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Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
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Japan
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Yusuke Nakamura Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Yusuke Nakamura's Wife?
His wife is Hikari Tamamizu (m. 1981)
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Yusuke Nakamura Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Yusuke Nakamura worth at the age of 71 years old? Yusuke Nakamura’s income source is mostly from being a successful researcher. He is from Japan. We have estimated Yusuke Nakamura's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Yusuke Nakamura (中村 祐輔) is a Japanese prominent geneticist and cancer researcher best known for developing Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS).
He is one of the world's pioneers in applying genetic variations (Variable Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR) and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) markers) and whole genome sequencing, leading the research field of personalized medicine.
Nakamura was born in Osaka, Japan on 8 December 1952.
He received his medical degree in 1977 and his PhD in 1984 from Osaka University.
While working as a surgeon in Japan, he witnessed a 27-year-old patient die of cancer, which affected him deeply.
To pursue advanced study in genetics and oncology, he went to the US and spent five years as a postdoctoral fellow and then as a faculty member at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Utah, an international center for gene mapping.
Nakamura successfully identified VNTR markers in 1987 and tumor suppressor gene APC in 1991.
Furthermore, several genetic polymorphic markers developed and mapped by his research groups at the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research and the University of Tokyo, have contributed to map and clone genes responsible to hereditary diseases, as well as those related to drug response and involved in cancer.
In 1989, Nakamura became Head of the Biochemistry Department, at the Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research.
He was appointed as Professor at the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo in 1994.
When the Japanese government launched its Millennium Genome Project in 2000, he was named group leader for the genetic diversity program at the renowned RIKEN SNP Research Center.
In 2001, Nakamura and his colleagues of RIKEN SNP Research Center developed the methodology of Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS), and using this method his research gourp first discovered functional SNP in the lymphotoxin-α gene that are associated with susceptibility to myocardial infarction in 2002, which was a breakthrough in the research field of medical genetics.
In 2001, his cancer research at the University of Tokyo led to the formation of OncoTherapy Science, a successful public Japanese biotechnology company that concentrates on new cancer therapies.
Furthermore, the RIKEN SNP Research Center led by him made the largest contribution in the Phase 1 HapMap project of the International HapMap Consortium published in the scientific journal Nature in 2005.
Nakamura focused on applying genetic information to improve the care of cancer patients, working to bring his laboratory's discoveries into the clinical practice.
He also served as director of the RIKEN Center from 2005 to 2010, as well as Director of National Cancer Research Research Institute from 2010-11.
From January to December 2011, he was Special Advisor to the Cabinet Secretary General, Office of Medical Innovation, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan.
In 2012, Nakamura moved to the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago in 2012 as Professor and Deputy Director, Center for Personalized Therapeutics
In 2018, after becoming the Emeritus Faculty Professor of the University of Chicago and returning to Japan, he was appointed Director of Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program of Japanese Cabinet Office, as well as Director at the Cancer Precision Center, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research.
Nakamura received several honors and awards include the following.
