Yoshihiro Kawaoka

Yoshihiro Kawaoka (河岡 義裕, Kawaoka Yoshihiro, born November 14, 1955) is a virologist specializing in the study of the influenza and Ebola viruses. He holds a professorship in virology in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and at the University of Tokyo, Japan.[1]

Following the Ebola outbreak of 2014 in West Africa, Kawaoka began development of an Ebola vaccine working in close coordination with Dr. Alhaji N'jai -- toxicologist at the University of Wisconsin -- and his non-profit organization Project 1808, Inc.

Controversial experiment

Kawaoka reinvented a new virus based on H5N1. For now, no known vaccine has been found. Despite the great disturbance he has caused, Kawaoka argued that "it is part of valuable scientific research".[2]

Recognition

Selected publications

  • Jasenosky, Luke D; Neumann, Gabriele; Lukashevich, Igor; Kawaoka, Y (2001-06-01). "Ebola virus vp40-induced particle formation and association with the lipid bilayer". J Virol. 75 (11): 5205–5214. doi:10.1128/JVI.75.11.5205-5214.2001. OCLC 6965132858. PMC 114926. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  • Watanabe, Tokiko; Watanabe, Shinji; Ito, Hiroshi; Kida, Hiroshi; Kawaoka, Y (2001-06-15). "Influenza A virus can undergo multiple cycles of replication without m2 ion channel activity". J Virol. 75: 5656–5662. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  • Schultz-Cherry, S; Dybdahl-Sissoko, N; Neumann, G; Kawaoka, Y; Hinshaw VS (2001-09-01). "Influenza Virus NS1 Protein Induces Apoptosis in Cultured Cells". J Virol. 75: 7875–7881. ISSN 0022-538X. OCLC 120974346. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  • Hatta, M; Gao, P; Halfmann, P; Kawaoka, Y (2001-09-07). "Molecular basis for high virulence of Hong Kong H5N1 influenza A viruses". Science (298): 1840–1842. ISSN 0036-8075. OCLC 95118961.
  • Goto, Hideo; Wells, Krisna; Takada, Ayato; Kawaoka, Y. (2001-10-01). "Plasminogen-binding activity of neuraminidase determines the pathogenicity of influenza A virus". J Virol. 75: 9297–9301. ISSN 0022-538X. OCLC 6965138857. Archived from the original on 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  • Kobasa, Darwyn; Wells, Krisna; Kawaoka, Yoshihiro (2001-12-01). "Amino Acids Responsible for the Absolute Sialidase Activity of the Influenza A Virus Neuraminidase: Relationship to Growth in Duck Intestine". J Virol. 75: 11773–11780. OCLC 4639538185. Archived from the original on 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  • Kawaoka, Y; Neumann, Gabriele (2012). Influenza Virus : Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, Methods and Protocols, 865. Springer. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  • Watanabe, Tokiko; Kawaoka, Yoshihiro (June 2016). "Ebora shukketsu netsu no seiatsu ni mukete : Wakuchin kaihatsu to shierareone de no kenkyu" [Control of Ebola hemorrhagic fever : vaccine development and our Ebola project in Sierra Leone]. Virus (in Japanese). 66 (1): 53–62. ISSN 0042-6857. OCLC 6807788600.

References

  1. ↑ Influenza 2013: Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka (accessed 7 November 2013)
  2. ↑ Guy Walters (3 July 2014). "Are we mad to have let a maverick scientist create a virus that could wipe out 400 million people?". MailOnline. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Robert-Koch-Stiftung: Robert Koch Award. Retrieved 4 July 2014.


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