Mario Renato Capecchi, PhD

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Honorary member, elected 2000

Honors / awards

National Academy of Medicine (2015)
American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2009)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2007) (shared) for discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells.
Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award (2001) For the development of a powerful technology for manipulating the mouse genome with exquisite precision, which allows the creation of animal models of human disease. More