<p>Dear friends, colleagues and all who shared important moments,<br><br><br> I am extraordinary honored and humbled to hear that the 2018 Nobel Prize of physiology or medicine will be awarded to me together with Jim Allison. This news came the evening of October1, 5pm Tokyo time. Since then, outside myself completely changed. Somehow, I could stay cool and watched so many things going on. <br><br> I have always dreamed to receive Novel Prize as an active scientist, but that was not my goal in my life. The most exciting and heart moving moment so far I experienced, is meeting with a cancer patient who said "This is my last golf round in my life." Two months later he came back and he approached me and said "Thanks for your therapy, I am back." Astonishingly, October 5 Sunday he shot 78 and that was his age shoot. I was really impressed because that is my current goal in my life.<br><br> Thank you very much for your warmest congratulatory message and also encouragement and reminding me of all the memories shared with you. Thank you again.<br><br> Best regards,<br> Tasuku Honjo<br><br></p>
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