Hidesaburo Hanafusa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hidesaburo Hanafusa

Japanese virologist

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1929

Place of Birth: Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 15-Mar-2009

Profession: university teacher, geneticist, virologist, molecular biologist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Hidesaburo Hanafusa (?? ???, Hanafusa Hidesaburo, December 1, 1929 – March 15, 2009) was a Japanese virologist.
He shared the 1982 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research with Harold E.
Varmus and J.
Michael Bishop for demonstrating how RNA tumor viruses cause cancer, and elucidating their role in combining, rescuing and maintaining oncogenes in the viral genome.