The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012

Sir John B. Gurdon

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Prize share: 1/2

Shinya Yamanaka

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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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