The award was given to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for a discovery of an important mechanism of gene regulation in cells
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Every cell in our body contains the same genetic instructions, or DNA. Yet only some of these genes are expressed in each cell, leading to the production of proteins that perform the cell’s unique functions. The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on Monday to U.S. scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA, a molecule that performs this important regulatory process.
The discovery of microRNA opened up a new field in gene regulation, explaining how only some of the many genetic instructions in DNA result in functional proteins in different cells in the body. The research was initially conducted in the tiny wormAmbros performed the work at Harvard University, and he is currently a professor of natural sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
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