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Two scientists share 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Monday October 08, 2012 07:00:34 PM, IANS

Stockholm: The Nobel Committee at Swedish Karolinska Institute in Stockholm Monday named two scientists for the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went jointly to John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent", reported Xinhua citing an institute statement.

"Their findings have revolutionised our understanding of how cells and organisms develop," it added.

The Nobel Prize winners for physics will be announced Tuesday, for chemistry Wednesday, literature Thursday, peace Friday and economics next Monday, the committee said.

The annual Nobel prizes are usually announced in October and are handed out Dec 10, on the death anniversary of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist and the inventor of dynamite, who turned philanthropist.

The prizes have been awarded since 1901. A number of 853 persons or organisations have won Nobel prizes from 1901 to 2011 and 199 people have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.






 


 



 


 

 

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