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Yamanaka

Shinya Yamanaka, a Japanese scientist awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for discovering a way to turn adult cells into stem cells.

Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don’t Have To, David Sinclair, Matthew LaPlante

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• Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don’t Have To, David Sinclair, Matthew LaPlante
• Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old, Andrew Steele

  Shinya Yamanaka, a Japanese biologist. He found a way to reprogram adult cells in 2006 and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2012.

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