Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to three doctors: All you need to know
Fp Staff • 12 years agoThe 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly on Monday to James E Rothman, Randy W Schekman and Thomas C. Suedhof "for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells". Here's all you need to know about the winners, as well as the past winners of the prize
Nobel laureate Yamanaka warns of rogue 'stem cell therapies'
Fp Archives • 13 years agoNobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka warned patients on Tuesday about unproven "stem cell therapies" offered at clinics and hospitals in a growing number of countries, saying they were highly risky.
Nobel winners Gurdon, Yamanaka's work changed stem cell research
Fp Archives • 13 years agoThe work of British researcher John Gurdon and Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka — who was born the year Gurdon made his discovery — holds hope for treating diseases like Parkinson's and diabetes by growing customized tissue for transplant.