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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"
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.
Mario Capecchi in 1987, Salt Lake Tribune file photo
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