Akiko Tanaka
Co-founder President @Tampa Bay Research Institute
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WORK HISTORY
Co-founder President @Tampa Bay Research Institute
Since its founding in 1981, TBRI has focused on unraveling the mysteries of cancer and chronic infectious diseases, and on developing safe and effective treatments for them. Early on in our research we realized that if we could somehow augment and assist the body’s immune system response, we could boost its natural ability to protect and defend itself from these life-threatening illnesses.To that end our scientists’ creative and open-minded approach included the investigation of the reported therapeutic effects of herbal and plant extracts, which had been used for centuries as folk remedies. Just as aspirin originally came from the bark of the willow tree, many of the advanced drugs commonly in use today originally came from plant extracts.The National Institutes of Health (NIH) studies these and other folk therapies at the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). Its director in the summer of Stephen Straus, M.D. wrote: “Researchers in conventional medicine begin by focusing on mice and molecules. They evaluate hypotheses…and test new devices and medications long before the general public knows about them. TThe NCCAM, on the other hand, begins with so-called complementary and alternative medicine therapies that are already in use. We are examining some about which there already is a significant amount of quality information”.(NCCAM Clearinghouse, summer Vol. VII, No.3, p.2)
EDUCATION
Showa University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Showa University
Bachelor's degree
SKILLS
ABOUT AKIKO TANAKA
She began her career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1981, Dr…
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