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Nobel Prize 2024 in Medicine

October 11 , 2024 7 hrs 0 min 21 0
  • Scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
  • They discovered microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene regulation.
  • It revealed a completely new principle of gene regulation that turned out to be essential for multicellular organisms, including humans.
  • It is now known that the human genome codes for over one thousand microRNAs.
  •  The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman.

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