Nobel winner reunited with sister lost in WWII

University of Utah geneticist Mario Capecchi got a bonus after winning the Nobel Prize for medicine last fall: He learned he has a younger sister.

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3 Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Medicine

As a child in Italy during World War II, he lived for years on the streets and in orphanages. Six decades later, as a scientist in the United States, Mario Capecchi joined two other researchers in winning the Nobel Prize in medicine.

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PETA Dealt Blow in Courts: Must Cede Name to People for the Eating of Tasty Animals

Salt Lake City- In a decision handed down by the 10th Circuit Court today, the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, lost the right to use PETA as their acronym.

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Geneticists are becoming so proficient that they can not only show evolution in action – they can show it in reverse. The experimental success could suggest a new approach for gene therapy, the researchers say, though any applications are a long way off.

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