Ritsumeikan University &
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Hoyoku Nishino
Born in Hirakata, Osaka in 1945.
Graduated with a Ph.D. in Medicine from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
Appointed as Research Fellow in Harvard University School of Medicine.
Served as Chief of Cancer Prevention Division at the National Cancer Center Research Institute.
Served as Professor of Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
Professor by special appointment, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Professor, Global Innovation Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University
In my case, my mother was a doctor, so ever since I was little, I wanted to be a doctor. The route I took to school in Hirakata back in the day went through quaint rice paddies, and landscape was beautiful. My father was actually from Minabe, Wakayama, so it is quite a coincidence that this symposium is being held in Wakayama. From my university days, I have been involved with biochemistry and done a great deal of research into biochemical reactions on the molecular level using food components.
At the first symposium, I spoke about cancer prevention research based on data mostly from animal tests with inositol, but in the ten years since, research has progressed considerably from animals to humans, so it is very significant that the symposium is being staged at this point in time.
In Wakayama, I had definitely wanted to meet Dr. Wattenberg who has done much work with inositol, but it is most unfortunate that he could not attend because of his age.
Nonetheless, I am looking forward to the symposium just the same as I can meet with other speakers from the National Institute of Health and persons from other fields.
In the future, I would like to apply myself to the prevention of lung cancer in addition to liver cancer, which has been the primary focus of my work up to this point. The most important things when it comes to effectively using the benefits of food components is to make safe effective products from combinations of components and for researchers, food processing companies and people in forestry, agriculture and fisheries (primary industries) who provide the raw ingredients to work together to make good quality products. Rice is particularly important in this and I would like to see it developed first.
| Hobbies: | Music (all genres but particularly classical), sailing, horseback-riding if the opportunity presents itself |
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| In Wakayama: | If I have the chance, I would like to walk the Kumano-kodo trail. I would also like to eat fresh seafood because of the bountiful marine products in the beautiful seas of Wakayama. |