Shinya Yamanaka
A Japanese scientist and pioneer of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology, who received the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that mature cells can be reprogrammed into pluripotent stem cells.
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iPSC technology was first reported by Shinya Yamanaka in 2006, and the related transcription factors are called Yamanaka factors.
iPS cell (induced pluripotent stem cell) technology was pioneered in 2006 by Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka, and works by reprogramming differentiated somatic cells back to a pluripotent state resembling embryonic stem cells through the introduction of specific transcription factors.
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In 2006, Shinya Yamanaka discovered that introducing four transcription factors—Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc—into somatic cells can reprogram them into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC).
70%UnverifiedShinya Yamanaka was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells.
70%UnverifiediPSC technology was first reported by Shinya Yamanaka in 2006, and the related transcription factors are called Yamanaka factors.
50%UnverifiediPS cell (induced pluripotent stem cell) technology was pioneered in 2006 by Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka, and works by reprogramming differentiated somatic cells back to a pluripotent state resembling embryonic stem cells through the introduction of specific transcription factors.
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