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Awards
$250,000 prize in developmental biology awarded to pioneers in genetic research
June 23rd, 2005
For developing an indispensable tool for today's genetic disease research, 2 scientists have been named co-recipients of the tenth anniversary March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology. Mario R. Capecchi, PhD, distinguished professor and co-chairman of the Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, and Oliver Smithies, PhD, Excellence Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, are being honored for developing gene targeting, the ability to alter particular genes in cultured cells and transfer the targeted genes to laboratory mice. Gene targeting allows researchers to...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-23)
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