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Shinya Yamanaka's work has involved mice and human cells, and advances the prospect of providing new cells or body parts for patients.

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I myself have been a major beneficiary of the view that no animal will more repay treatment that is kind and fair.

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I get into lab early and leave a bit early, too. So I like to have an hour or two before everybody comes in.

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Once the principle is there, that cells have the same genes, my own personal belief is that we will, in the end, understand everything about how cells actually work.

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I think that I cannot immediately see the route by which we should really understand memory and the workings of the brain.

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I have this rather amazing report which, roughly speaking, says I was the worst student the biology master had ever taught.

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There's a danger of some of the best people saying, 'I don't want a career in science.'

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If you explain to a patient what can be done and what might be the downsides, let the patient choose; don't have ethicists, priests, or doctors say you may or may not have replacement cells.

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The work I was involved in had no obvious therapeutic benefit. It was purely of scientific interest. I hope the country will continue to support basic research even though it may have no obvious practical value.

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It is particularly pleasing to see how purely basic research, originally aimed at testing the genetic identity of different cell types in the body, has turned out to have clear human health prospects.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Scientist

Born: October 2nd, 1933

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