Craig Mello | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Brown University Harvard University |
Known for | RNA interference |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2006) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biologist |
Institutions | University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Craig Cameron Mello (born October 18, 1960) is an American biologist and Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Andrew Fire for the discovery of RNA interference. Mello has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator since 2000.[1]