October 8, 2007: The Nobel Assembly today awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007 jointly to Mario Capecchi ’56, Martin Evans, and Oliver Smithies for their discoveries of "principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells."

Nobel Foundation Press Release
Nobel Foundation Advanced Information
Mario Capecchi Profile 

2001 Alumni Award Recipient: Mario Capecchi
Georgian, Winter 2001, page 4

Capecchi '56 receives Kyoto Prize
Georgian, Winter 1997

Press Coverage
Bucks County Courier Times, January 9, 2008
ABC 6 News, October 9, 2007
Bucks County Courier Times, October 9, 2007
KYW Newsradio, October 9, 2007
Washington Post, October 9, 2007
Deseret Morning News, October 8, 2007
WFMZ TV, October 8, 2007

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Mario's Transgenetic Technology "Knocks Out" Noble Prize
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