Stem cell pioneers scoop Nobel Prize

jiangyun submitted, created time 1 year 1 month (www.newscientist.com)

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007 has been awarded to two Americans who pioneered ways of "knocking out" specific genes in mice to reveal their function and their impact on disease.

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