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Oct 04, 1946 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 77 years old
Canadian biochemist
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About Tak Wah Mak
- Tak Wah Mak, (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Mài Déhuá; born October 4, 1946 in China) is a Canadian medical researcher, geneticist, oncologist, and biochemist.
- He first became widely known for his discovery of the T-cell receptor in 1983 and pioneering work in the genetics of immunology.
- In 1995, Mak published a landmark paper on the discovery of the function of the immune checkpoint protein CTLA-4, thus opening the path for immunotherapy/checkpoint inhibitors as a means of cancer treatment.
- Mak is also the founder of Agios Pharmaceuticals, whose lead compound, IDHIFA®, was approved by the FDA for acute myeloid leukemia in August 2017, becoming the first drug specifically targeting cancer metabolism to be used for cancer treatment.
- He has worked in a variety of areas including biochemistry, immunology, and cancer genetics.
- His groundbreaking work on the T-cell receptor has been postulated to be in consideration for a Nobel Prize.
