Shinya Yamanaka discovered that four genes are capable of reprogramming an adult mouse cell into a cell in an embryonic stem cell-like state—called an induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell—which can ...

researcher James Allison found a way to use the body’s own immune system to kill malignant cells, a discovery that’s transforming cancer treatment ...

The University of California, San Diego‘s Sanford Stem Cell Institute will host three headliners – Nobel ... prize winners include: Other keynote speakers include John Dick, a Canada Research ...

Cancer immunotherapy pioneers James Allison and Tasuku Honjo have been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology ... and thereby unleashing our immune cells to attack tumours.

This year's Nobel Prize for Physiology ... and tumor cells. Drugs that regulate NO release are under development for the treatment of heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer and toxic shock ...

Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy – a study into how cells detoxify and repair themselves.

Nobel Prize-winning stem cell biologist ... Yamanaka, a harbinger in research of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, said that he decided to branch out at a time of need in the world.

Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka called his decision to step down as director of Kyoto University’s Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) at the end of March "one of the biggest ...

Harald zur Hausen, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology ... leader in a number of research areas including stem cell research, bioinformatics and systems biology, cancer genomics, neurooncology ...