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STOCKHOLM — A Japanese researcher who discovered how to make stem cells from ordinary skin cells and avoid the ethical quandaries of making them from human eggs could be the winner of the medicine award when the 2010 Nobel Prize announcements kick off today, experts said.
Several prominent Nobel guessers have pointed to Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka as a potential winner of the coveted award.
The tight-lipped Nobel committees give no hints about who is in the running before presenting their decisions. The medicine award is the first of the six prizes to be announced, followed by physics Tuesday, chemistry Wednesday, literature Thursday, the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and economics Oct. 11.
