Also known as Satoshi Omura, Satoshi Ohmura, Satoshi Oomura, Satoshi Ômura, S. Ōmura, S Ōmura, Ōmura, Ōmura S
Japanese biochemist, microbiologist, and university teacher (born 1935)
Satoshi Ōmura is a Japanese scientist born in 1935 who specializes in biochemistry and microbiology. He is notable for his research contributions in these fields and his work as a university teacher.
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Satoshi Ōmura (大村 智, Ōmura Satoshi; [oːmɯɾa saꜜtoɕi]; born 12 July 1935) is a Japanese biochemist. He is known for the discovery and development of hundreds of pharmaceuticals originally occurring in microorganisms. In 2015 he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Tu Youyou and with William C. Campbell for their role in the discovery of the world's first endectocide, ivermectin, a safe and highly effective microfilaricide. It is believed that the large molecular size of ivermectin prevents it from crossing the blood/aqueous humour barrier, and renders the drug an important treatment of helminthically-derived blindness.
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