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Shinya Yamanaka produces first clinical-grade iPS cells
On a recent visit to Tampere, Finland, Prof. Shinya Yamanaka, winner of both a Millennium Technology Prize and a Nobel Prize, announced that his team has begun to produce clinical-grade induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. Read more ›
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Physicist Stuart Parkin wins 2014 Millennium Technology Prize for opening big data era
Technology Academy Finland (TAF) has today declared innovator Prof. Stuart Parkin as winner of the 2014 Millennium Technology Prize, the prominent award for technological innovation. The winner, who follows in the footsteps of past winners such as World Wide Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee and ethical stem cell pioneer Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, will be honoured at a ceremony in Helsinki, Finland, on Wednesday 7 May 2014.The prize is worth one million euros.Read more ›
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Stem cell scientist and open source software engineer are named joint winners of the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize
Technology Academy Finland has today announced that two prominent innovators, Linus Torvalds and Dr Shinya Yamanaka, are joint Grand Winners of the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize, one of the world’s…Read more ›
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