Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007   Scientific Advisors, Professors at Karolinska Institutet: Christer Betsholtz, Physiological Chemistry. Bertil Fredholm, Pharmacology, Chair of the Nobel Committee. Göran K. Hansson, Medicine. Hans Jörnvall, Physiological Chemistry, Secretary of the Nobel Assembly. Nils-Göran Larsson, Genetics. Illustrations and layout: Annika Röhl, Bengt Gullbing Copyright © The Nobel Committee…

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007 The process of gene targeting involves two steps. Capecchi and Smithies discovered that homologous recombination could be used to specifically modify genes in mammalian cells. Evans identified and isolated embryonic stem cells (ES cells) from early mouse embryos (blastocysts). He also showed that ES cells can be…

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