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Mario Capecchi

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Also known as Mario Renato Capecchi, Mario Ramberg Capecchi, Mario R. Capecchi

molecular geneticist and Nobel laureate

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Mario Capecchi is a molecular geneticist who won the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking work in genetics. His research has been important to the field of genetic science and has contributed to our understanding of how genes function.

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  • On the mechanism of suppression and polypeptide chain initiation

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Italy
Active from
1923-11-06
Active to
1998-06-30

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2007

    for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells

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Encyclopedic overview

Mario Ramberg Capecchi (born October 6, 1937) is an Italian-born American molecular geneticist and a co-awardee of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a method to create mice in which a specific gene is turned off, known as knockout mice. He shared the prize with Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah School of Medicine.

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