# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ishizaka-teruko
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:23:01.193Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ishizaka-teruko"
name: "Ishizaka Teruko"
slug: "ishizaka-teruko"
description: "Teruko \"Terry\" Ishizaka  was a Japanese scientist and immunologist who along with her husband Kimishige Ishizaka discovered the antibody class Immunoglobulin E (IgE) in 1966. Their work was regarded as a major breakthrough in the understanding of allergy, and for this work she received the 1972 Passano Award and the 1973 Gairdner Foundation International Award. She was known in the science world for her generosity and collaborative spirit."
tagline: "Japanese scientist and immunologist (1926–2019)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1926-09-28"
deathDate: "2019-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.13
  momentum:             0.663265306122449
  historical:           7.215048
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E5%9D%82%E7%85%A7%E5%AD%90"
    title: "石坂照子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teruko_%C4%B0%C5%9Fizaka"
    title: "Teruko İşizaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishizaka_Teruko"
    title: "Ishizaka Teruko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teruko_Ishizaka"
    title: "Teruko Ishizaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teruko_Ishizaka"
    title: "Teruko Ishizaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teruko_Ishizaka"
    title: "Teruko Ishizaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E5%9D%82%E7%85%A7%E5%AD%90"
    title: "石坂照子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teruko_Ishizaka"
    title: "Teruko Ishizaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1673899"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump