The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced today that they have awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun “for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.” Ruvkun is a dual member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and National Academy of Sciences (NAS), and Ambros is a member of the NAS.
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun
The two laureates discovered microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene regulation, revealing 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. Their groundbreaking work revealed an entirely new dimension to gene regulation. MicroRNAs are proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function. Read the full press release on NobelPrize.org.
The NAM congratulates the two laureates on their tremendous contributions and well-deserved recognition.
