Tak Wah Mak’s research includes exploring pathways for effective treatments of cancer. Here, he introduces a clinical trial of a new medication in 2013.
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Tak Wah Mak
Tak Wah Mak
Advances in the field of immunology
Date of birth
1946
Point of origin
China
Mak was born in China, raised in Hong Kong, and moved with his family to the USA in the 1960s.
Tak Wah Mak has been a leader in the fields of immunology and cancer research since the early 1980s.
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Founded in 1979 to promote scientific and medical practice in Hong Kong, as well as overseas collaborations, the Croucher Foundation was chaired by Tak Wah Mak from 2011-2020.
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Tak Wah Mak, 1946- , China.
Mak was born in China, raised in Hong Kong, and moved with his family to the USA in the 1960s. He earned a doctorate in biochemistry at the University of Alberta in 1972. He continued his research and teaching in Canada, making critical advances in several fields, most notably immunology.
