The Nobel Committee at Swedish Karolinska Institute in Stockholm Monday named two scientists for the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went jointly to John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent", reported Xinhua citing an institute statement."Their findings have revolutionised our understanding of how cells and organisms develop," it added.
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Shinya Yamanaka and John B. Gurdon |