Shinya Yamanaka

Prix

1. 2008

   Prix Shaw — Sciences de la vie et médecine

   Biologie

   For their recent pivotal innovations in reversing the process of cell differentiation in mammals, a phenomenon which advances our knowledge of developmental biology and holds great promise for the treatment of human diseases and improvements in agriculture practices.

2. 2009

   Prix international Canada Gairdner

   Biologie

   For his demonstration that the key transcription factors which specify pluripotency may become reprogrammed somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells.

3. 2009

   Prix Lasker — Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Biologie

   For discoveries concerning nuclear reprogramming, the process that instructs specialized adult cells to form early stem cells — creating the potential to become any type of mature cell for experimental or therapeutic purposes.

4. 2010

   Prix Kyoto — Technologie avancée

   Informatique

   Development of Technology for Generating Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells.

5. 2011

   Prix Wolf — Médecine

   Biologie

   for the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) from skin cells.

6. 2012

   Prix de technologie du millénaire

   Biologie

   In recognition of his discovery of a new method to develop induced pluripotent stem cells for medical research.

7. 2012

   prix Nobel — Médecine

   Biologie

   for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent

8. 2013

   Prix Breakthrough — Sciences de la vie

   Biologie

   for induced pluripotent stem cells.