Prof. Yamanaka to Receive 2011 King Faisal International Prize for Medicine

January 19, 2011

The King Faisal Foundation announced on the 17th that it has named Shinya Yamanaka, concurrently Director of Kyoto University's Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) and Professor at the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), as a recipient of its 2011 King Faisal International Prize for Medicine.

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