[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. Res. 350 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 350

 Honoring the achievements of Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans, 
 and Oliver Smithies, winners of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or 
                               Medicine.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 17, 2007

Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Bennett, Mrs. Dole, and Mr. Burr) submitted 
      the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Honoring the achievements of Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans, 
 and Oliver Smithies, winners of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or 
                               Medicine.

Whereas Mario R. Capecchi was born in Italy in 1937 and earned a PhD in 
        biophysics from Harvard University in 1967;
Whereas Sir Martin J. Evans was born in Great Britain in 1941 and earned a PhD 
        in anatomy and embryology from University College in London in 1969;
Whereas Oliver Smithies was born in Great Britain in 1925 and earned a PhD in 
        biochemistry from Oxford University in 1951;
Whereas Mario Capecchi currently serves as Distinguished Professor of Human 
        Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah School of Medicine;
Whereas Sir Martin J. Evans currently serves as the Professor of Mammalian 
        Genetics and Director of the School of Biosciences at Cardiff University 
        in Wales;
Whereas Oliver Smithies currently serves as an Excellence Professor of Pathology 
        and Laboratory Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel 
        Hill;
Whereas Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans, and Oliver Smithies have made a 
        series of discoveries concerning embryonic stem cells and 
        deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) recombination in mammals that have led to 
        the creation of gene targeting in mice, a powerful technology that is 
        now being used in all areas of biomedicine;
Whereas gene targeting technology has been used in experiments that have 
        successfully isolated genes in order to determine their roles in 
        embryonic development, adult physiology, aging, and disease;
Whereas gene targeting has produced more than 500 different mouse models of 
        human disorders, including cardiovascular and neuron degenerative 
        diseases, diabetes, and cancer; and
Whereas, on October 8, 2007, Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans, and Oliver 
        Smithies were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 
        their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene 
        modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) honors and recognizes the scientific work and 
        achievements of Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans, and 
        Oliver Smithies; and
            (2) congratulates Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans, 
        and Oliver Smithies for their receipt of the Nobel Prize in 
        Physiology or Medicine.
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