Tamio Yamakawa (Japanese: 山川 民夫; やまかわ たみお; 12 October 1921 - 7 October 2018) was a Japanese biochemist, the first to report the presence of glycosphingolipids on cell membranes. Yamakawa graduated from the University of Tokyo, was an emeritus professor at Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, and a member of the Japanese Academy of Sciences. The molecule was found on horse red blood cells and first called Hematoside. Further testing by Yamakawa led to the discovery that ABO blood group antigens are glycosphingolipids located in the erythrocytes.
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12 October 1921 Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
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Died |
7 October 2018 (aged 96)
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Zodiac | Libra |
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