Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka have won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine  has been awarded jointly to Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.

The prize was announced at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden on Monday 8th October 9:30 GMT.

Medicine is traditionally the first of the Nobel prizes awarded each year. It will be followed in the coming days by announcements for prizes in Chemistry, Physics, literature, Peace and Economics.

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http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2012/press.html

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