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Shinya Yamanaka

Director and Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Japan

Shinya successfully reprogrammed adult mouse (2006) and human (2007) somatic cells into what are now called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, an alternative to embryonic stem cells with huge therapeutic potential. For the achievement, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012.

www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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Part of the Power List 2015

Who are the most influential medicine makers?

That’s the question we posed to ourselves – and then to you – over two months ago, ahead of open nominations and a painstaking judging process. Here, without further ado, we celebrate the answer.

Go to The Power List 2015