Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun Win Nobel Prize 2024 for microRNA Discovery
The Nobel Prize announcements for 2024 will take place between October 7 and October 14. These prestigious awards, established by Alfred Nobel’s will, acknowledge outstanding achievements in a wide range of fields, including physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and economic science.
The Nobel Prize 2024 in Physiology or Medicine will be revealed first, on October 7, followed by Physics on October 8 and Chemistry on October.
The Literature Prize will be announced on October 10 and the Peace Prize on October 11. The final announcement for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel will occur in October.
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun Win Nobel Prize 2024 for Pioneering MicroRNA Discovery
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 for their ground-breaking discovery of microRNA.
Say good morning to our new medicine laureate
Gary Ruvkun was woken up in the early hours to the news he had been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 7, 2024
This discovery has tremendously advanced our understanding of gene control and how it relates to many other biological processes.
Professors Victor Ambros of the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Gary Ruvkun of Harvard Medical School have been acknowledged for their innovative research in identifying and understanding microRNAs.
MicroRNAs are short RNA molecules that play a vital role in regulating gene expression by binding to messenger RNA (mRNA) and blocking the creation of particular proteins. This process is critical to cell function and development.
Their study has opened up new pathways in molecular biology, shedding light on how genes are regulated and how misregulation may lead to disorders like cancer.
The finding of microRNAs has also made it possible to create new ways to treat a number of genetic diseases that focus on these molecules.
Ambros and Ruvkun’s Breakthrough Research
BREAKING NEWS
The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. pic.twitter.com/rg3iuN6pgY— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 7, 2024
The Nobel Assembly emphasized the significance of their work, adding that it had “fundamentally changed our understanding of gene regulation and had a profound impact on biomedical research”.
This award recognizes the significance of basic scientific research in comprehending the molecular mechanisms that govern life.
Ambros and Ruvkun’s scientific accomplishments exemplify the spirit of the Nobel Prize 2024, which honors those who have made substantial contributions to humanity through research and discovery.
Their findings continue to inspire scholars worldwide to examine the complexities of genetic regulation and its implications for health and sickness.
