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  • In 1992, Nobuyo Maeda, working in Smithies 'department at the University of North Carolina, developed a mouse model of atherosclerosis by targeting the gene for apolipoprotein E (Apoe) [61].

    The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information 2007

  • Jack of the Smithies was a trencherman of the very first order, and being well wedded (with a promise already of young soldiers to come), it behooved him to fill all his holes away from home, and spare his own cupboard for the sake of Mistress Smithies.

    Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

  • Jack of the Smithies was a trencherman of the very first order, and being well wedded (with a promise already of young soldiers to come), it behooved him to fill all his holes away from home, and spare his own cupboard for the sake of Mistress Smithies.

    Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale 1862

  • Now 9-3 in the league, the Smithies are a half-game in front of Dalton and Hillsdale as they try to secure a third straight WCAL crown.

    www.the-daily-record.com's Homepage Articles 2010

  • Gary Jones pulled a goal back in injury time and Rochdale nearly grabbed a point as Will Atkinson hit the post and Huddersfield goalkeeper Alex Smithies produced a brilliant save to tip over a bullet header from Jean-Louis Akpro in the ninth minute of stoppage time.

    Huddersfield winger Anthony Pilkington suffers horror leg injury 2011

  • The Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to Mario R. Capecchi, Martin J. Evans and Oliver Smithies for their discoveries of "principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells".

    The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2010

  • Dreaming of a glittering literary life as a “lady novelist,” she moved to Manhattan with two fellow Smithies in hopes of getting her start but never managed to interest The New Yorker in any of the reviews or short human-interest pieces she submitted.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • Dreaming of a glittering literary life as a “lady novelist,” she moved to Manhattan with two fellow Smithies in hopes of getting her start but never managed to interest The New Yorker in any of the reviews or short human-interest pieces she submitted.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • A non-specialist reading Paul or Smithies will still come away with a broadly satisfactory understanding of what Zhou Daguan had to say, with the essentials of his account well and truly available.

    Zhou Daguan-A Record of Cambodia-Siam Society Review by Milton Osborne | Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context 2010

  • Not only did they make Smithies look stupid, but they also helped Sorba, effectively joining his attack on queers (including myself).

    Surely Lucy Won’t Yank the Football Away This Time! 2008

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