Meet the Nobel Prize Microrna Winners

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Meet the Nobel Prize winners Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, pioneers in microRNA research, transforming our understanding of gene regulation, here are some things to know.

Nobel Prize in Medicine 2024

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2024 by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute.

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Regulation and Cell Differentiation

Their work revealed how cells, despite having identical genetic material, can regulate gene expression to ensure only necessary genes are active.

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Discovery of microRNA

Ambros and Ruvkun identified microRNA, a class of small RNA molecules that are key to gene regulation.

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Importance of microRNA

Their research demonstrated that the human genome encodes over a thousand microRNAs.

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Victor Ambros

Victor R. Ambros, born in 1953, is an American developmental biologist credited with discovering the first microRNA.

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Gary Ruvkun

Gary Ruvkun, born in 1952,  is an American molecular biologist who discovered how lin-4 microRNA regulates mRNA translation.

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Ruvkun's Research Impact

Ruvkun’s research spans multiple fields, including RNA interference mechanisms, and neuroendocrine control of aging.

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