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Dr. Paul Terasaki passing away in the morning of Jan. 26

Great scientist and benefactor for Japanese American community, Dr. Paul Tersaki passing away in the morning of Jan. 26
 
The Announcement of Terasaki Foundation Laboratory/Terasaki Research Institute on January 26, 2016:
 
Dr. Paul Ichiro Terasaki  (1929 - 2016)
It is with great sadness and regret that we inform our global HLA & Transplant colleagues that Dr. Paul I. Terasaki, HLA Pioneer, founder of One Lambda, Inc. and founder of the Terasaki Foundation, passed away this morning at his home in Los Angeles.
 
Dr. Terasaki was born in Los Angeles in 1929. He spent three high school years during World War II interned with his family and other Japanese Americans in the Gila River War Relocation Center in Arizona. He later earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctorate in zoology from UCLA and was professor of surgery in the Department of Surgery.

In 1964, Dr. Terasaki developed the microcytotoxicity assay, a tissue-typing test to match organ transplant donors and recipients. The test required only 1 microliter each of antisera and 1 microliter of lymphocytes (human white cells) used to identify human leukocyte antigens (HLA).
 
In 1984, he founded One Lambda, Inc.; a company to develop and provide transplant centers worldwide with the tools they needed to better match their patients and monitor them pre/post-transplant.
 
In 1999, following his retirement from UCLA, he founded the Terasaki Foundation, a research center dedicated to cancer immunotherapy and the study of humoral immunity and transplantation. In 2012, he sold One Lambda, Inc. to Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Dr. Terasaki is survived by his wife Hisako, his four children, Mark, Keith, Taiji, Emiko and his 6 grandchildren. At this time, the family has requested privacy while they go through this very difficult time. A memorial service is being planned and an announcement will be sent at a later date.   
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