British, Japanese scientists share Nobel Prize for stem cell work
Monday, October 8, 2012 - 23:00
in Biology & Nature
The Nobel committee honors Sir John Gurdon and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka for 'the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed.'Two scientists who upended fundamental beliefs about biology by demonstrating that every cell in the body has the potential to grow into every other type of cell have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.