Mario Capecchi

Also known as Mario Renato Capecchi, Mario Ramberg Capecchi, Mario R. Capecchi

molecular geneticist and Nobel laureate

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Mario Capecchi is a molecular geneticist who won the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking work in genetics. His research has been important to the field of genetic science and has contributed to our understanding of how genes function.

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Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,814x
Safety, Activity, and Immune Correlates of Anti–PD-1 Antibody in Cancer
· 2012 · cited 10,740x
Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,393x
Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
· 2019 · cited 8,833x
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,828x

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Mario Ramberg Capecchi (born October 6, 1937) 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. He shared the prize with Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah School of Medicine.

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