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UCSF and Gladstone Celebrate Shinya Yamanaka's Nobel Prize in Medicine
<p>Colleagues at the Gladstone and UCSF celebrated the news on Monday that Shinya Yamanaka won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery that has transformed the field of stem cell research.</p>
UCSF Milestones in Stem Cell Science
<p>Since 1981, when UCSF’s Gail Martin, PhD, co-discovered embryonic stem cells in mice and coined the term embryonic stem cell, UCSF has been a key player in the stem cell field. Today, Shinya Yamanaka became the fifth UCSF scientist to win the Nobel Prize.</p>
Shinya Yamanaka Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine
<p>Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, a senior investigator at the Gladstone Institutes and a professor of anatomy at UCSF, has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of how to transform ordinary adult skin cells into cells that are capable of developing into any cell in the human body.</p>
Frequently Asked Questions About Stem Cell Science
<p>Here are answers to frequently asked questions about induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, the type of cell that has been reprogrammed from an adult cell, such as a skin or blood cell.</p>
NIH Fosters High-Risk, High-Reward Innovation at UCSF
<p>Biomedical researchers at UCSF have won five of 51 prestigious National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator awards for high-risk, high-reward research, each receiving up to $1.5 million over five years.</p>
