Pawn Power
10th October 2007, 04:27
Nobel prize for the knockout mouse (http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/oct/09/2)
A British scientist whose pioneering research led to the creation of legions of "knockout" mice that are genetically modified to develop human diseases was awarded a Nobel prize yesterday.
Sir Martin Evans, a professor of mammalian genetics at Cardiff University, became the first scientist to isolate stem cells from mouse embryos in 1981. The research paved the way for a technique called gene targeting, which allows scientists to alter the genetic code of an animal with exquisite precision.
A British scientist whose pioneering research led to the creation of legions of "knockout" mice that are genetically modified to develop human diseases was awarded a Nobel prize yesterday.
Sir Martin Evans, a professor of mammalian genetics at Cardiff University, became the first scientist to isolate stem cells from mouse embryos in 1981. The research paved the way for a technique called gene targeting, which allows scientists to alter the genetic code of an animal with exquisite precision.