Oliver Smithies

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007

“for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells”

Oliver Smithies was a British-American geneticist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2007 for discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells. His work helped establish gene targeting as a powerful tool for studying gene function.