With keen immunological insight and a knockout mouse 'factory', Shizuo Akira leads by quiet example. David Cyranoski visits the world's most-cited scientist as he prepares to run one of Japan's premier research centres.
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Cyranoski, D. Profile: Innate ability. Nature 450, 475–477 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/450475a
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