Seiji Okada

Summary

Seiji Okada M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor at the Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection & Graduate School of Medicine, and Director of Radioisotope Center, Kumamoto University, Japan. He received his M.D. in 1985 and his Ph.D. in 1992 from Jichi Medical University. He is a Board Certificated Member and Councilor of the Japanese Society of Hematology. He established several types of novel highly immuno-deficient mice, humanized mice, and Patient-derived tumor xenograft (PDX) models for AIDS and cancer research. His current research interest is developing novel therapy for infection-related cancers such as AIDS-related lymphoma, adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, and liver-fluke-related cholangiocarcinoma.

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