The Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.

Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Assembly, announced the award Monday in Stockholm.

The Nobel Prizes were created by Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896. It comes with a cash award of 11 million Swedish kroner, or nearly €976,000.

From 1901 to 2023, 114 Nobel Prizes were awarded in Physiology or Medicine. Thirteen of the 227 winners were women.

Last year’s medicine award went to Hungarian-American biochemist Katalin Karikó and American immunologist Drew Weissman for their work on the mRNA technology behind COVID-19 vaccines.

The rest of the 2024 Nobel Prizes, awarded for advancements in physics, chemistry, economics, literature, and toward peace, will be announced throughout the week.

The Nobel laureates will receive their prizes at an awards ceremony in Sweden in December.
Source: Euro News

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