Nobel Prize to Inducent Pluripotent Stem Cells and Cloning: A Milestone for the Regenerative Medicine

Nobel Prize to Inducent Pluripotent Stem Cells and Cloning: A Milestone for the Regenerative Medicine

Sir John B. Gurdon from United Kingdom and Shinya Yamanaka from Japan are winners of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) and cloning. Shinya Yamanaka (Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Japan) wins the prize for figuring out how to develop induced pluripotent stem cells. These cells can be reprogrammed into completely different kinds.