I like the freedom of research. Plus, if I fail in science, I know I can always survive because I have an M.D. This has been my insurance policy.
My goals over the decade include to develop new drugs to treat intractable diseases by using iPS cell technology and to conduct clinical trials using it on a few patients with Parkinson's diseases,...
When I saw the embryo, I suddenly realized there was such a small difference between it and my daughters. I thought, we can't keep destroying embryos for our research. There must be another way.
I grew so depressed from the lack of support that I considered quitting. No one understood me.
One of the most extraordinary scientific discoveries of this century was made by a doctor-turned-scientist working in Japan. Shinya Yamanaka had been involved in the field of stem cells for ten years...