Two researchers working in Massachusetts have been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discovery of microRNA.
STOCKHOLM - Two researchers working in Massachusetts have been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine.MicroRNAAmericans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were honored Monday for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated.The Nobel Assembly said that their discovery is 'proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function.'Victor Ambros Ambrose performed the research that led to his prize at Harvard University.
Ruvkin was born in Berkeley, California. He earned his PhD from Harvard in 1982.Nobel PrizesLast year, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to Hungarian-American Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were critical in slowing the pandemic.The prize carries a cash award of $1 million from a bequest left by the prize's creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel.
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