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Craig Mello

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Craig Mello

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Also known as Craig Cameron Mello, Craig C. Mello, Craig C Mello

American biologist

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Craig Mello is an American biologist who is known for his scientific research contributions. (I don't have additional context provided to explain his specific discoveries or why his work matters, so I cannot write more details accurately.)

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Key facts

Born
( 1960-10-18 ) October 18, 1960 (age 65) , New Haven , Connecticut , U.S.
Education
Brown University ( BS ), Harvard University ( PhD )
Known for
RNA interference
Awards
Wiley Prize (2003) , NAS Award in Molecular Biology (2003) , Massry Prize (2005) , Gairdner Foundation International Award (2005) , Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2006)
Fields
Biologist
Institutions
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Academic advisors
Nelson Fausto , Susan Gerbi , Ken Miller , Frank Rothman , Victor Ambros , Daniel Stinchcomb

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2006

    for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA

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Encyclopedic overview

Craig Cameron Mello (born October 18, 1960) is an American biologist and professor in the RNA Therapeutics Institute and Program for Molecular Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Andrew Z. Fire, for the discovery of RNA interference. This research was conducted at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and published in 1998. Mello has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator since 2000.

Early life

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