The 2012
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Shinya Yamanaka, a professor at Kyoto University, and John B.
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Friday offered his congratulations to Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka, who won this year's
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, telling him that the news has brought "great joy all over Japan."
Philadelphia: Saunders; 2007; The
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1997: Stanley B.
The 2011
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to National Institutes of Health grantees Bruce A.
--BIOLOGIST ELIZABETH BLACKBURN IN AN INTERVIEW WITH NOBELPRIZE.ORG ON OCTOBER 5, AFTER LEARNING THAT SHE WAS ONE OF THREE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2009
NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINEBuck (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle) shared the 2004
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on the sense of smell, showing how, for example, a person can smell a lilac in the spring and recall it in the winter, reports Associated Press.
The pair won the
Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1962 for their discovery which led to the birth of the biotechnology industry.
He was knighted in 1993 and shared the
Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with Paul Lauterbur in 2003 for his significant contributions to the development of MR imaging.
He was the co-recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 for his work on oncogenes and their role in the pathogenesis of cancer.