Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 was awarded jointly to Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent"


Sir John B. Gurdon

Sir John B. Gurdon

Born: 1933, Dippenhall, United Kingdom

Affiliation at the time of the award: Gurdon Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Prize motivation: "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent"
















Shinya Yamanaka

Shinya Yamanaka

Born: 1962

Affiliation at the time of the award: Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Gladstone Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA

Prize motivation: "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent"

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