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Also Known As Yamanaka Shinya
Born September 4, 1962 (age 64) • Ōsaka • Japan
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize
Subjects Of Study c-Myc gene • pluripotent cell • stem cell

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James Watson, c. 1990
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English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.
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Cowinner of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine Victor Ambros
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George Wells Beadle
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