Research Catalog

Title

The winding road to discovering iPS cells : the life of Yamanaka Shinya / Yamanaka Shinya ; interviewer Midori Shinya ; translated by Tony Atkinson.

Author

Yamanaka, Shin'ya

Publication

• Tokyo, Japan : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC), 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Midori, Shin'ya, 1976-
• Atkinson, Tony, 1956-

Description

155 pages : illustrations, portraits; 22 cm.

Summary

The revolutionary discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, completely changed the world, particularly in the field of medical science. This groundbreaking achievement was made by Dr. Yamanaka Shinya of Kyoto University and won him the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2012. The road that led him to this accomplishment, however, was not an easy one; during his early days as a training orthopedic surgeon, Yamanaka was not skilled and was called "a hindrance" by his supervisor. He eventually changed course to become a researcher in the field of medical science and undertook postdoctoral studies in the United States, but he experienced a mild case of depression upon returning to Japan. Even when Yamanaka presented the results of his discovery of iPS cells, he could not immediately bask in the glory of his success, since many of his peers simply could not believe his achievement. In this volume, the Nobel Prize laureate talks openly about his life from his childhood days to his current daily life and discusses his views on the future of regenerative medicine. How were iPS cells developed and what can they do? Translated from a runaway bestseller in Japan and replete with a new preface for the English edition, this biography shows what science can do for mankind, and the possibilities that life holds. -- Back cover.

Series Statement

Japan Library

Uniform Title

• Yamanaka shin'ya sensei ni jinsei to aipīesu saibō ni tsuite kiite mita. English
• Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)

Alternative Title

• Yamanaka shin'ya sensei ni jinsei to aipīesu saibō ni tsuite kiite mita.
• iPS cells
• Winding road to discovering induced pluripotent stem cells
• Induced pluripotent stem cells
• Yamanaka Shinya

Subject

• Yamanaka, Shin'ya > Interviews
• Yamanaka, Shin'ya
• Scientists > Japan > Biography
• Embryonic stem cells > Research
• Stem cells
• Embryonic Stem Cells
• Biography
• Scientists
• Japan

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• Interviews.

Note

• First published in Japan in 2012 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
• Translated from the Japanese.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-147) and index.

Contents

iPS cells : the path to their creation and their possibilities -- Interview.

Call Number

JFD 21-899

ISBN

• 9784866581774
• 4866581778

LCCN

2020436519

OCLC

1247383935

Author

Yamanaka, Shin'ya, author.

Title

The winding road to discovering iPS cells : the life of Yamanaka Shinya / Yamanaka Shinya ; interviewer Midori Shinya ; translated by Tony Atkinson.

Publisher

Tokyo, Japan : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC), 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Edition

First English edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Japan Library

Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-147) and index.

Added Author

Midori, Shin'ya, 1976- interviewer.

Atkinson, Tony, 1956- translator.

Research Call Number

JFD 21-899