Shinya Yamanaka
Prize presentation
Watch a video clip of the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Shinya Yamanaka, receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2012.
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 10 laureates' work and discoveries range from optogenetics to efforts to promote peace and international law.
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