Shinya Yamanaka Quotes

#1. Shinya Yamanaka's work has involved mice and human cells, and advances the prospect of providing new cells or body parts for patients.

John Gurdon

#2. Patients' lives are more important than embryos. I do want to avoid the use of embryos if possible.

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#3. I think that in the 21st century, medical biology will advance at a more rapid pace than before.

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#4. I started my career as a surgeon 25 years ago. But it turned out that I am not talented as a surgeon, so I decided to change my career. But I still feel that I am a doctor. So my goal, all my life, is to bring this stem-cell technology to the bedside.

Shinya Yamanaka

#5. I think that the discoveries of antibiotics and vaccines have contributed to the improvement of the quality of life, making it possible to prevent contagious diseases.

Shinya Yamanaka

#6. 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, diabetes or blood diseases.

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#7. 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.

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#8. Then, out of the blue, in a bookstore, he meets a woman who makes him laugh and, better yet, makes him want to make her laugh.

Peter Travers

#9. Researchers should always consider ethical concerns on scientific research and disclose their data to the public. Scientists also need to discuss issues surrounding their research with those who are concerned.

Shinya Yamanaka

#10. Happiness has more to do with giving than taking. Kamon 2015

Kamon

#11. A thoughtful piece of criticism by somebody who understands the context of what you are doing is a tremendous gift and honor to read, even if they don't completely embrace your work.

Jon Favreau

#12. Why should a man be in love with his fetters, though of gold?

Francis Bacon

#13. There is no way now to get around some use of embryos. But my goal is to avoid using them.

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#14. I know deep hurt. But I also know deep hope. Sometimes God's power is shown as much in preventing things as it is in making them happen. We may never know why. But we can always know and trust the Who.

Lysa TerKeurst

#15. Injuries accompanied with insults are never forgiven: all men, on these occasions, are good haters, and lay out their revenge at compound interest.

Charles Caleb Colton

#16. Let me tell you, if you have never seen an agitated squirrel you have seen very little, nor have you heard much, because the sound of an angry squirrel is not to be forgotten.

Joe R. Lansdale

#17. Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.

Marcus Garvey

#18. IPS cells can become a powerful tool to develop new drugs to cure intractable diseases because they can be made from patients' somatic cells.

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#19. I grew so depressed from the lack of support that I considered quitting. No one understood me.

Shinya Yamanaka

#20. 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.

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#21. All that was required to measure the planet was a man with a stick and a brain. In other words, couple an intellect with some experimental apparatus and almost anything seems achievable.

Simon Singh