Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka, who will resign as director of Kyoto University's Center for iPS Cell Research and Application at the end of this month, said stepping down was "one of the biggest decisions I have made in my life."
In an online interview with media on Tuesday, Yamanaka said, "I'd like to spend 50% of my time on research, and 50% as representative director of the CiRA Foundation, [which stockpiles iPS cells and provides them for medical purposes]."
