La Academia sueca señala "Sus hallazgos han revolucionado nuestro conocimiento sobre cómo se desarrollan las células y los organismos", ha señalado la organización en un comunicado.
"Este premio", continúa el texto, "reconoce a quienes descubrieron que las células maduras, especializadas, pueden reprogramarse para volver a ser células inmaduras, capaces de convertirse en todos los tejidos
Sir John B.Gurdon en su pagina we explica:" We are trying to find ways of obtaining embryo cells from the cells of an adult. The eventual aim is to provide replacement cells of all kinds starting from usually obtainable cells of an adult individual. For example, we would like to be able to find a way of obtaining spare heart or brain cells from skin or blood cells. The important point is that the replacement cells need to be from the same individual, to avoid problems of rejection and hence of the need for immunosuppression. We are trying to identify the molecules and mechanisms by which eggs can reverse the process of specialization, so as to derive embryo cells from adult skin cells. "
Shinya Yamanaka.Born: 1962, Osaka, Japan.Affiliation at the time of the award:Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USAPrize motivation: "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent"
http://www.icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/ppl/grp/yamanaka.html
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