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Dr. Craig C. Mello

Nobel Laureate, Howard Hughes Medical Investigator & Professor of Molecular Medicine
RNA Therapeutics Institute · UMass Chan Medical School

Field: biologyLocation: Worcester, Massachusetts, United StatesInstitutional homepage ↗

Research Biography & Scholarly Focus

Dr. Mello shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the co-discovery of RNA interference (RNAi) and investigates small RNA pathways and transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.

Department & Affiliation

Institution: UMass Chan Medical School
Faculty Division: RNA Therapeutics Institute
Supervision / Inquiries: Contact directly via official department directory

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