Umass Researcher Wins Nobel Story aired: Monday, October 02, 2006
Americans Andrew Fire and Craig Mello, are sharing the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering a powerful way to turn off the effect of specific genes.
Their discovery, a process known as "RNA Interference" is widely used to study the function of genes and it could open a new avenue in the fight against diseases such as cancer and aids.
Fire teaches at Stanford University; Mello at the University of Massachusetts Medical school in Worcester.
Earlier today, Mello told Here and Now's Bob Oakes about the Nobel-winning research.
Guests:
Craig Mello
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