Stem cell team wins 2007 Nobel for medicine

Mon Oct 8, 2007 11:59am BST

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<-> Text <+> STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Stem cell researchers Mario Capecchi, Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies won the 2007 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology for their work on gene changes in mice using embryonic cells, Sweden's Karolinska Institute said on Monday.

The prestigious 10 million Swedish crown (755,000 pound) prize recognised the international team's work, saying the benefits to mankind would increase in many years to come.

Capecchi was born in Italy and is a U.S. citizen. Both Evans and Smithies are British-born. Evans is a Briton while Smithies is a U.S. citizen.

The prize awarders said the discoveries made by the three have led to a new branch of medicine known as gene targeting.

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http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNewsMolt/idUKL084361320071008

fine people for continuing the research that would benefit so many.