StemCell Therapy

British researcher John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan won this years Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for the discovery that mature, specialised cells of the body can be reprogrammed into blank slates that can become any kind of cell.

The prize committee at Stockholms Karonlinska institute said the discovery has revolutionised our understanding of how cells and organisms develop.

The discoveries of Gurdon and Yamanaka have shown that specialised cells can turn back the developmental clock under certain circumstances, the committee said. These discoveries have also provided new tools for scientists around the world and led to remarkable progress in many areas of medicine.

Recent winners of Nobel Prize in Medicine

The medicine award was the first Nobel Prize to be announced this year. The physics award will be announced on Tuesday, followed by Chemistry on Wednesday, literature on Thursday and the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

The economics prize, which was not among the original awards, but was established by the Swedish central bank in 1968, will be announced on Oct. 15. All prizes will be handed out on Dec. 10, the anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobels death in 1896.

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Stem cell researchers win Nobel medicine prize

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