Stem cell scientists Gurdon and Yamanaka win Nobel Prize in Medicine

England's Sir John Gurdon and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka from Japan share the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine for work on stem cells, revealing that mature cells can be reverted into primitive cells. Ray Suarez talks to Harvard Stem Cell Institute's David Scadden, co-chair of the Department of Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology at Harvard, who explains the implications and applications for stem cell medicine.

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