title: Reprogramming to pluripotency: from frogs to stem cells.
abstract: This year's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award goes to John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for their contributions to our understanding of how to reprogram adult cells back to early embryonic states.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. janet.rossant@sickkids.ca
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rossant
mesh_terms: D053687:Adult Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D065150:Cellular Reprogramming; D015509:Developmental Biology / Q000266:history*; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D039904:Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism*