Open AccessPluripotent stem cells - Methods and protocols
Author(s) -
Carlo Alberto Redi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european journal of histochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.754
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2038-8306
pISSN - 1121-760X
DOI - 10.4081/ejh.2013.br11
Subject(s) - induced pluripotent stem cell , neuroscience , biology , medicine , embryonic stem cell , genetics , gene
The 2012 Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded conjunctely to Sir John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent as during the syxties John Gurdon challenged the dogma that the specialised cell is irreversibly committed to its fate and just few years ago Shinya Yamanaka was the first to induce mature cells to reverse their development and turn back into induced pluripotent stem cells...