Nobel Prize in Medicine, Physiology….

…..is awarded for discovery of gene-knockout technologies in mice. Recipients are Drs Mario R. Capecchi (University of Utah), Martin J. Evans (Cardiff University ) and Oliver Smithies (UNC – my former stomping ground!).
This is a discovery that would have won the award sooner or later. Genetically modified mice are now an indispensable part of research [...]

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