Mario Capecchi: The Birth of Gene Targeting

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About this talk
If you strongly believe in an idea, sometimes you need to take some risks to pursue it. This is part of Dr. Capecchi’s message as he describes the challenges in developing the technique of gene targeting from tissue culture cells to mice.

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Dr. Capecchi is Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. He is best known for his work on the development of gene targeting in mouse embryonic stem cells. Capecchi was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology, with Oliver Smithies and Martin Evans, for his contributions to this field.

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