Japanese doctor and Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine Shinya YamanakaThe father of induced pluripotent stem cells, who revolutionized biomedical research in the field of cellular regeneration, joined the Faculty of Doctors this Thursday. ‘Honorary Degree’ of the University of Salamanca During the grand investiture ceremony presided over by the Rector, ricardo riveroHeld in the auditoriums of major schools.
Leading the way in breakthrough cellular research, Dr. Yamanaka has been affiliated with Kyoto University since 2004 and has been awarded the most prestigious international awards, including Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012, In addition to outstanding honors associated with Spain, such as the Frontiers of Knowledge Award or Honorary Academician from the Royal National Academy of Medicine, among other distinctions, reports Ical.
The ceremony evolved into a Latin one, with the professor and director of Usal’s Hispano-Japanese Cultural Center serving as godfather of the new ‘honorary causa’ doctor, Jose-Abel Flores VillarejoIt was attended by academic and institutional officials such as the Japanese Ambassador to Spain, takahiro nakamaeDirector of the Japan Foundation in Madrid, Keiko MoritoDirector General of CASA Asia, javier parrondeauand Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Biology, jose carretero And jose angel sanchez agudoRespectively.
During his speech, Yamanaka said he felt “deeply” respected to receive this award from the University of Salamanca” and “sincerely thanked” the “mentors, colleagues, friends and family” who helped him become the person he is today. The scientist dedicated a special I remember portrait of his father and described how his “extraordinary personality” and the “incurable illness” he suffered led him to pursue the medical profession in his youth, later turning to his more scientific pursuits in the search for therapeutic solutions for those patients with incurable pathologies. Turned towards the aspect. For treatment..
Thus, he presented a profile of the beginning of his career and the innovative projects he is currently developing together with his team at Kyoto University’s Center for Cell Research and Application, the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and the Sira Foundation. The field of research in regenerative medicine with iPS cells and their clinical use in many related studies Age-related macular degeneration, Parkinson’s disease, and cancer immunotherapy And other diseases.
In his research, Shinya Yamanaka demonstrated that with a limited series of defined factors, it is possible to reprogram differentiated cells and return them to the typical state of pluripotent cells. His work represents a “paradigm shift” Which has fundamentally modified the landscape of basic evolutionary biology, as highlighted by his godfather during the utterance of the traditional ‘Laudatio’.
In this sense, Flores Villarejo in his speech defined science and scientists as “essential elements” in social development, as “the basis of progress in a context devoid of borders”, and recalled that Dr. Yamanaka’ How the work with iPS’ cells “opened up a hitherto unknown, unexpected spectrum.”
For the professor at the University of Salamanca, “the fact of obtaining iPS cells in people with some disease or genetic dysfunction has defined the line that is providing Find Potential Therapies To define very new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.”
The study of ‘iPS’ cells has allowed the development of “new practices” to combat human genetic diseases using apparently simple techniques, although as is often the case in science, this simplicity has a effort and complex development, “This is allowing the development of specific and targeted drugs, without forgetting their use in degenerative diseases,” he said.
In a strictly systematic analysis, “this constitutes a paradigm shift, which, as is the case in science, has modified the existing landscape, and evolutionary biology in particular. Knowledge of iPS cells is contributing to this The possibility of taking cellular regenerative medicine from the laboratory to the clinic.The point at which we all converge (or will converge).
Awarding of institutional ‘Honorary Degree’ Doctorate to internationally renowned Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka along the lines of “undisputed interest” in knowledge creation is part of the outstanding works of the current year 2023, which has been announced japan year in usaland consolidates the “privileged academic and cultural contacts” that the University of Salamanca maintains with Japan and its institutions.
Similarly, in the words of Rector Ricardo Rivero, Yamanaka’s academic recognition at this house of studies “exemplifies this ancient university’s appreciation for the best version of science that you embody and advance. Academic Bridge from Salamanca to JapanEstablished decades ago and sustained by our country’s appreciation for the Japanese contribution to the progress of humanity and the dedication of so many people to this study.
The continued maintenance of excellent bilateral relations has resulted in excellent exchanges of professionals and students, joint organization of numerous events and cultural activities and is reflected in the. Hispanic Japanese Cultural Center from the University of Salamanca, and in accordance with usal association in japanAlready existing for more than 25 years.
Furthermore, a rapport and mutual interest began to appear in the visits of the emperors to the University of Salamanca, as well as the repeated receptions by the academic authorities of Salamanca Studies. The last of which, most recently, would correspond to Emperor Naruhito’s audience with Rector Rivero.
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