[Breaking news] Shinya Yamanaka and Sir John Gurdon Win Nobel Prize in Medicine

October 8, 2012

The Nobel Committee at Karolinska Institute announced on the 8th that it has named Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, Director and Professor of Kyoto University's Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) and Principal Investigator at the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), together with Sir John B. Gurdon of the University of Cambridge, as recipients of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Please see the links below for further details.

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• "CiRA Director Shinya Yamanaka Wins the Nobel Prize in Medicine". Kyoto University CiRA website. 8 Oct 2012
• "CiRA Director Professor Shinya Yamanaka had a press conference". Kyoto University website. 8 Oct 2012
• "CiRA Director Yamanaka won the Nobel Prize!". Kyoto University website. 8 Oct 2012
• "The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Press Release". Nobelprize.org. 8 Oct 2012