Keio University, Japan’s oldest private university located in Tokyo, annually awards The Keio Medical Science Prize to recognize researchers who have made an outstanding contribution to the fields of medicine or the life sciences. It is the only prize of its kind awarded by a Japanese university, and 10 laureates of this prize have later won the Nobel Prize. The 29th Keio Medical Science Prize is awarded to Sir Demis Hassabis from Google DeepMind, and Mitinori Saitou, M.D. Ph.D., from Kyoto University.
