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Stem Cell Experts, John Gurdon And Shinya Yamanaka Win Nobel Prize For Medicine by semid4lyfe(m): 9:18am On Oct 09, 2012 |
Two pioneers of stem cell research, Professor John Gurdon from the UK and Professor Shinya Yamanaka from Japan, have shared the Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology. http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/10/08/stem-cell-experts-john-gurdon-and-shinya-yamanaka-win-nobel-prize-for-medicine/ Shinya Yamanaka showed that specialised mouse cells could be reprogrammed to become stem cells by introducing four genes. The resulting stem cells could then be converted to other types of cell. The Nobel committee said the discovery had “revolutionized our understanding of how cells and organisms develop. |
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