Shinya Yamanaka

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Shinya Yamanaka is a Japanese stem cell researcher and Nobel laureate best known for discovering how to reprogram adult cells into induced pluripotent stem cells, revolutionizing regenerative medicine.


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instanceOf Nobel laureate
human
physician
stem cell researcher
university professor
academicDegree Doctor of Medicine
PhD in medicine
awardReceived Japan Prize
Kyoto Prize
Lasker Award
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Wolf Prize in Medicine
birthDate 1962-09-04
birthPlace Higashiōsaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
citizenship Japanese
countryOfCitizenship Japan
educatedAt Kobe University
Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine
employer Gladstone Institutes
Kyoto University
familyName Yamanaka
fieldOfWork cell reprogramming
regenerative medicine
stem cell biology
gender male
givenName Shinya
hasNationality Japanese
influencedField cell-based therapies
disease modeling using iPS cells
regenerative medicine
knownFor Yamanaka factors
cellular reprogramming of adult somatic cells
induced pluripotent stem cells
memberOf Japan Academy
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
name Shinya Yamanaka
NobelPrizeCategory Physiology or Medicine
NobelPrizeSharedWith John B. Gurdon
NobelPrizeYear 2012
notableConcept Yamanaka factors Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc
notableWork discovery that adult somatic cells can be reprogrammed to pluripotent stem cells
occupation medical doctor
researcher
university professor
positionHeld director of the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application at Kyoto University
senior investigator at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
researchFocus cell differentiation
induced pluripotent stem cells
pluripotency


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