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Craig Cameron Mello (born October 18, 1960) is an American biologist and professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Andrew Z. Fire, for the discovery of RNA interference.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006 was awarded jointly to Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello "for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA"
Craig Mello's Lab at UMass Chan Medical School.
Craig C. Mello is an American scientist, who was a corecipient, with Andrew Z. Fire, of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2006 for discovering RNA interference (RNAi), a mechanism that regulates gene activity.
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Craig C. Mello. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006. Born: 18 October 1960, New Haven, CT, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. Prize motivation: “for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA” Prize share: 1/2. Work.
Dec 1, 2006 · Andrew Fire and Craig Mello have won the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for their discovery of RNA interference.
Dr. Craig C. Mello received his B.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Brown University in 1982, and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1990. From 1990 to 1994 he conducted postdoctoral research at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA.
