2006
Medicine
Japan
Induced pluripotent stem cells
Shinya Yamanaka reprogrammed adult cells back to an embryonic-like state.
Why it mattered
Sidestepped the ethical impasse of embryonic stem cells.
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Shinya Yamanaka reprogrammed adult cells back to an embryonic-like state.
Why it mattered
Sidestepped the ethical impasse of embryonic stem cells.
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