JAPAN: U.S. Geneticist Wins Japan Prize

BAR HARBOR, Maine (The Japan Times - AP), January 19, 2008: An American genetics professor is the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Japan Prize in Medical Genetics and Genomics. The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan announced Thursday that Victor McKusick will receive a medal and ¥50 million at a formal presentation April 23 in Tokyo. The 86-year-old McKusick is a professor of medical genetics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The ceremony will be attended by the Emperor and Empress and national dignitaries. Copyright(C) 2008 The Japan Times