Shinya Yamanaka

Shinya Yamanaka

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012

Kyoto University

“for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent”

Shinya Yamanaka is a Japanese stem cell researcher. He was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.

Field
Biology · Cell Biology
Lifespan
1962–