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What is the birthplace of Yoshinori Ohsumi?

  • Tokyo

  • Osaka

  • Fukuoka

  • Sapporo

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Fukuoka, Japan, is the birthplace of Yoshinori Ohsumi, a renowned Japanese cell biologist. Ohsumi's groundbreaking research on autophagy, the process by which cells recycle their own components, earned him the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. His discoveries have revolutionized our understanding of cellular homeostasis and disease, paving the way for new therapeutic approaches.
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