Which researcher discovered the Principle of Induced Pluripotency and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2012?
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Which researcher discovered the Principle of Induced Pluripotency and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2012?
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Induced pluripotency involves "reprogramming" a differentiated cell into a stem cell by reactivating the expression of genes associated with the embryonic stage. For this discovery, researcher Shinya Yamanaka was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2012.