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Mario Capecchi
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molecular geneticist and Nobel laureate
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Mario R. Capecchi was born on October 6, 1937. He has an Erdős number of 4.
Capecchi received one Nobel Prize. His work is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Medicine collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the National Medal Of Science collection.
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Renato
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Verona
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Antioch College
- Employer
- Harvard Medical School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Kyoto Prize
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- James Watson
- Student of
- James Watson
- Field of work
- genetics
- Image
- MarioCapecchiFotoThalerTamas2.JPG
- Residence
- Italy
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- Commons category
- Mario Capecchi
- date of birth
- 1937-10-06
- name in native language
- Mario Renato Capecchi
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Erdős number
- 4
- interested in
- genetics
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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.
Life
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