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Kikunae Ikeda
Kikunae Ikeda was a Japanese chemist and Tokyo Imperial University professor of chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the chemical basis of a taste he named umami. It is one of the five basic tastes along with sweet, bitter, sour and salty.
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science · Japanese academic and flavor chemist (1864–1936) · chemist · inventor · professor · also Kikunae Ikeda, Ikeda
Born 8 October 1864 · Died 3 May 1936 · Q380575
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2026· 3 entries
ixbt.games: Tekken creators reunite. Harada and Ikeda are working on a new game
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Saiga NAK: Tekken 8 Director Kohei Ikeda Joins SNK Subsidiary, VS Studio SNK! Reuniting With Tekken Creator Katsuhiro Harada and Others
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2023· 1 entry
Published “Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021” in The Lancet — cited 4,177 times.
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2020· 2 entries
Published “Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet — cited 8,094 times.
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Published “Atezolizumab plus Bevacizumab in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 6,732 times.
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2019· 1 entry
Published “Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 4,651 times.
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2018· 3 entries
Published “Lenvatinib versus sorafenib in first-line treatment of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a randomised phase 3 non-inferiority trial” in The Lancet — cited 4,780 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 3,920 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 11,033 times.
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2017· 3 entries
Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016” in The Lancet — cited 6,195 times.
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Published “Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults” in The Lancet — cited 5,602 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016” in The Lancet — cited 3,721 times.
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2014· 1 entry
Published “Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013” in The Lancet — cited 9,253 times.
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2002· 1 entry
Published “Cancer immunoediting: from immunosurveillance to tumor escape” in Nature Immunology — cited 4,250 times.
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1936· 1 entry
Died 1936-05-03.
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1908· 1 entry
Uncovered the chemical basis of a taste he named umami
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1907· 1 entry
At the Tokyo Imperial University in Japan, Ikeda was eating dinner with his family when he suddenly stopped
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1901· 1 entry
And became a full professor in chemistry at Tokyo Imperial University
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1891· 1 entry
Became a professor at the Higher Normal School of Tokyo, in 1896 he became an associate professor at Tokyo Imperial University
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1889· 1 entry
From Tokyo Imperial University in chemistry
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1864· 1 entry
Born 1864-10-08.
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