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Mario Capecchi
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Mario Capecchi

Inventor · born October 6, 1937

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Mario Ramberg Capecchi 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.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~64Received the National Medal of Science2001
  2. ~64Received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research2001
  3. ~65Received the Wolf Prize in Medicine2002
  4. ~70Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2007

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1962 · United States

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1931–2018 · United States

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