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Date of Birth
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06-October-1937
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Place of Birth
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Verona
(Italy, Veneto, Province of Verona)
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Nationality
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United States of America, Italy
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Profession
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Molecular Geneticist, Scientist, Geneticist, Researcher
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Mario Ramberg Capecchi is an Italian-born American molecular geneticist and a co-winner 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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