Analysis: Reprogrammed cells open new medical window
While it seems quite surprising to reprogram ordinary cells to behave like embryonic stem cells offers, it seems quite reasonable to award scientists with the world most prominent prize who discovered and discovered reprogrammed cells. Britain's John Gurdon and Japan's Shinya Yamanaka are awarded The 2012 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Sir John B. Gurdon of Britain and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan for work that revolutionized the understanding of how cells and organisms develop.
Reprogrammed cells - known as induced pluripotent stem
cells, or iPS cells - offer an ethically neutral alternative. While some
ethical, medical and safety issues still need to be studied, this discovery and
development sure is historic to the medical science world.
Enjoy reading and learning about what this scientific
milestone is about.
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