Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun Win Nobel Prize in Medicine 2024

Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun Win Nobel Prize in Medicine 2024

Last Updated Oct - 07 - 2024, 04:33 PM | Source : HT | Visitors : 24

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discovery of microRNA and its role in regulating gene expression.
Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun Win Nobel Prize in Medicine 2024

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, as revealed by the Nobel Assembly on Monday at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

The duo jointly received the prestigious award for their discovery of microRNA and its role in regulating gene expression after transcription. The Nobel Assembly said that their discovery is “proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function.”

Who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine last year?

Last year, the prize went to Hungarian-American Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman for their groundbreaking discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, which played a crucial role in combating the pandemic.

The Medicine Prize has been awarded 114 times to a total of 227 laureates. Of these, only 13 women have been recipients. The prize includes a cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor (around ₹8.3 crore), part of a bequest from the prize's founder, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel.

Winners will receive their awards on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death.

The announcements for other Nobel Prizes will continue throughout the week, with the Physics Prize on Tuesday, Chemistry on Wednesday, Literature on Thursday, the Peace Prize on Friday, and the Economics award on October 14.

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