Hiroshi Kanno
Professor of Neurosurgery at International University of Health and Welfare School of Medicine,Japan
Biography
Hiroshi Kanno, MD PhD is Professor of Neurosurgery at International University of Health and Welfare School of Medicine in Japan. His research interest has been focusing on stem cells and regenerative medicine for 20 years. Neuronal differentiation induction of von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor protein (pVHL) was found by him 18 years ago. In addition, he reported that VHL peptide mediates neuronal differentiation of stem cells. Clinical application of VHL peptide is his present theme.