Interview with Shinya Yamanaka, 2010 Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Laureate in the Biomedicine category goes in this third edition to Shinya Yamanaka for showing that it is possible to reprogram differentiated cells back into a state that is characteristic of pluripotent cells. His work has accelerated the possibility of translating regenerative medicine from the bench to the clinic.