Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012
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Sir John B. Gurdon
Prize share: 1/2
© The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan
Shinya Yamanaka
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 was awarded jointly to Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent"
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