professor yamanaka is one of the four winners of the international balzan prize. the foundation chose him for creating the stem cells three years ago. researchers hope to use ips cells which can grow into cells in regenerative medicine to replace body parts lost from disease or accidents. the prizes are awarded to people who have made outstanding achievements in humanities and natural sciences. each winner will receive 750,000 swiss francs or $740,000. the awards will be presented in november at a ceremony in italy. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm kathericatherine kobayashi tokyo. ross mihara is up next at the top of the next hour. hope to see you then. jj