Howard Hughes Medical Investigators

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun Win Nobel Prize for Groundbreaking RNA Discovery

Published by Novinite on Mon, 10/07/2024 - 16:40

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a novel class of small RNA molecules that play a vital role in gene regulation. The Nobel Prize committee made the announcement on Monday in Sweden, recognizing their work carried out at the Karolinska Institutet.