Dr Jagadeesan Nair, Senior Scientist at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) 1953-2007

摘要

Jagadeesan Nair died unexpectedly and prematurely on 28 August 2007 in Mumbai, India, as the consequence of a heart attack while returning from home leave to his research institute in Heidelberg, Germany. He was an internationally recognized pioneer in the field of cancer biomarkers and tobacco carcinogenesis. As he had always wondered why progress toward a cure of cancer had been slow, despite impressive international efforts, he set his hope on preventive measures, the efficacy of which could be assessed at an early stage by the application of the ultrasensitive, specific biomarkers that he had developed. We will miss him as a person of great kindness, modesty and integrity.