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Glycobiology 2005 15(5):9G-11G; doi:10.1093/glycob/cwi056
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Glycobiology vol. 15 no. 5 © Oxford University Press. 2005. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oupjournals.org

Letter to the Glyco-Forum: A Green Thumb and a Broad Back: A Tribute to the late Dr. Yasuo Inoue (1934–2005)

Y. C. Lee

Biology Department, 3400 North Charles Street, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 21218

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On February 6, 2005, Dr. Yasuo Inoue sent me an email message about his failing health, ending with, "I am sorry to inform you of this unpleasant matter at a joyful festival season [lunar New Year]. — Tomorrow I’ll have to return to the hospital and I would not be able to write directly to you in coming days." Alas, that was the last message I received from him. He closed his wonderful life and splendid career in glycobiology on February 17, 2005, succumbing to hepatic cancer and cirrhosis.

Dr. Yasuo Inoue was born in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, in a town south of Taipei, where his father was a director of a brewery. After WWII, when Japan relinquished control of Taiwan, Yasuo returned to Japan with his family to continue his education . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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