Can reprogramming our genes make us young again? A breakthrough in longevity research may be nearing its first human trials.

Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka will step down as director of Kyoto University’s Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) by the end of March to “focus on my own research.” The ...

Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka called his decision to step down as director of Kyoto University’s Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) at the end of March "one of the biggest ...

Prof. Jun Takahashi succeeded Nobel laureate Prof. Shinya Yamanaka as director of Kyoto University's CiRA. Find out the goals under the new leadership as we look at the latest research on iPS cells.

Nobel Prize-winning stem cell biologist Shinya Yamanaka urged his fellow joggers to don a face mask, warning they can't outrun the threat of spreading the new coronavirus. Yamanaka, 57 ...

In 2012, Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent and behave like ...

Scientists in Japan from fiscal 2023 will apply technology to create induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to solve the mystery of how people age, said Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka ...