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BioNews
- October 8, 2007 -
The
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Mario
Capecchi, Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies
"for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene
modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells"
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Mario in his (then) lab in the Department of Biology in 1987,
the year he and Kirk Thomas published
the paper
most prominently cited by the Nobel Committee. (Photo courtesy of
the Salt Lake Tribune.)
Information about Mario's life and work, and links to a number of related
stories can be found at the
U of U Health Sciences Center web site.
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