John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka won Nobel Prize-2012 for Medicine

John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka, the British and Japanese researchers respectively on 8 October 2012 won the Nobel Prize-2012 in Medicine. They were awarded with the prize for the discovery of reprogramming the specialised and matured cells of the body into blank slate and this may one day this can start repairing the damaged organs. The Prize committee based in Karnolinska Institute at Stockholm stated that this discovery has helped in understanding the theory of cell and organism development.  

The discovery has turned up to be a tool for the scientists round the world allowing them to make remarkable progress in different areas of medicine and can help in tissue transplantation for treatment of diseases like Diabetes and Parkinson.

The Nobel Prize in Medicine sector is the first announcement made for the year. Awards for physics, Chemistry, Literature and Peace will be announced on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday respectively. The declared prizes will be handed out to their respective winners on the death anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobel on 10 December 2012.

Nobel Prize Winner for the year 2011 in Medicine/ Physiology segment:

Bruce Beutler and Jules Hoffmann from America and France respectively won the 2011 Nobel Prize for the discoveries related to the activation of innate immunity. The duo shared the prize with Ralph Steinman of Canada for discovering dendritic cell.

The Canada born, Ralph Steinman died few days before receiving the prize. Although the Posthumous prizes in case of Nobel is not allowed but it remained unchanged just because the decision was made previously without being aware of his death.