What is Paul Terasaki?
[[File:Paul Ichiro Terasaki.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Terasaki in March 2014]] '''Paul Ichiro Terasaki''' (September 10, 1929 &ndash; January 25, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] [[scientist]]. He worked in the field of human [[organ transplant]] technology. He was the [[Professor Emeritus]] of [[Surgery]] at [[UCLA School of Medicine]]. Terasaki was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. In 1964, Terasaki developed the microcytotoxicity test. This is a tissue-typing test for organ transplant donors and recipients. It required only 1 microliter of [[Antiserum|antisera]] used to identify [[human leukocyte antigen]]s (HLA).<ref>{{cite journal | author =J. Michael Cecka | date =14 Aug 2003 | title =Interview with Dr. Paul I. Terasaki | journal =American Journal of Transplantation | volume =3 | issue =9 | pages =1047–1051 | publisher =[[American Society of Transplantation]] and the [[American Society of Transplant Surgeons]] | pmid =12919082 | doi =10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00194.x | s2cid =70458064 | url =http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118901841/PDFSTART | format =PDF | access-date =2008-12-13 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Terasaki died on January 25, 2016 after a long illness in [[Beverly Hills, California]]. He was aged 86.<ref name=uclanewsroom>{{cite web | last1 =Renaud | first1 = Jean-Paul | last2 =Wolpert | first2 = Stuart | title=Paul Terasaki, 86, transplant medicine pioneer, philanthropist, UCLA faculty member and alumnus| website = newsroom.ucla.edu | publisher = UCLA |url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/paul-terasaki-86-transplant-medicine-pioneer-philanthropist-ucla-faculty-member-and-alumnus| access-date=2016-01-28}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{Cite web |url=http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/people/profiles/44/ |title=Paul I. Terasaki - Real People |access-date=2008-12-13 |work=Discover Nikkei |publis