Shinya Yamanaka on becoming a scientist

1 May 2024 · 1 min
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Shinya Yamanaka became a doctor in 1987, but his father died of hepatitis C a year later. Unable to help him as a young physician, Yamanaka decided to become a scientist instead, driven by the need to find cures for diseases.

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