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Shinya Yamanaka

Stem cell biologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2012

Japan · b. 1962

Science and medicine

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Physician and stem cell biologist, director of the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application at Kyoto University. Trained as an orthopaedic surgeon before turning to basic research, and shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with John Gurdon for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.

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Question What advice would you give your twenty-year-old self, and what should they ignore? Time & hindsight read 94 other answers →

Well, I will bring this technology to clinics. I really want to help as many patients as possible. As you may know, I started my career as a surgeon 25 years ago. But it turned out that I am not talented as a surgeon

Recorded Adam Smith, Telephone interview recorded shortly after the prize announcement, October 2012, Nobel Prize Outreach, 1 October 2012 source ↗

Question What is the most important lesson life has taught you? Time & hindsight read 154 other answers →

So I think failure is important in my career.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interviewer, Academy of Achievement interview, 2008 source ↗

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