Yamanaka Shinya 山中伸弥 人工多能性幹細胞(iPS細胞)でノーベル生理学・医学賞
Yamanaka Shinya 山中伸弥 人工多能性幹細胞(iPS細胞)で ノーベル生理学・医学賞 山中伸弥 1962年9月4日~ 64歳 大阪府枚岡(ひらおか)市 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Yamanaka Shinya is a famous Japanese scientist. He was born in Osaka in 1962. He first trained to become an orthopedic doctor(整形外科医). He wanted to help injured patients, but he decided to become a researcher to cure difficult diseases. In 2006, he succeeded in creating iPS cells from mouse skin cells. Just one year later, in 2007, his team made human iPS cells. "iPS cells" stands for induced pluripotent stem cells(誘導多能性幹細胞。). They are special "master cells" created by adding four specific genes(遺伝子) into ordinary body cells. iPS cells can grow into almost any type of cell in our body. They can turn into heart, nerve, retina, liver, or muscle cells. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology(生理学) or Medicine in 2012. He received the prize together with British scientist ...