Shinya Yamanaka

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012
Nobel co-recipient: Sir John B. Gurdon

Award: "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent."

Nobel Prize Cash & Philanthropy

Shinya Yamanaka stated that he would use his Noble Prize money for the education of his two daughters who were medical students, to help colleagues and students and for funding in Japan where funding is restricted.