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The winners are cited for their discovery of microRNAs, a fundamental principle that determines how gene activity is regulated.
Scientists Victor Ambrose and Gary Lubukun have been announced as the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of microRNAs and their role in gene regulation, the awarding body announced.
The Nobel Prize General Assembly announced in a statement on Monday that the laureates have discovered a new class of small RNA molecules that play an important role in gene regulation.
“Their groundbreaking discoveries reveal entirely new principles of gene regulation that turn out to be essential for multicellular organisms, including humans,” the Nobel Prize announcement said.
Ambrose conducted the research that led to the award at Harvard University. He is currently a professor of natural sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Thomas Perlman, executive director of the Nobel committee, said Lubukun’s research was conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where he is a professor of genetics.
Each year, the medicine prize is announced first among the Nobel Prizes, with the remaining five to be announced within the next few days.
Winners in the medical category will be selected by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet Medical School in Sweden and will receive a total prize money of 11 million Swedish crowns (equivalent to $1.1 million).
Established in the will of Swedish dynamite inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel, the prize has been awarded for advances in science, literature and peace since 1901, although economics was added later. Ta.
Different institutions award awards in different fields, but only the Peace Prize was awarded in Oslo rather than Stockholm, which probably existed between the two Nordic countries when Nobel wrote his will. This is considered to be a result of political cohesion.
Past winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine include many prominent researchers, including Ivan Pavlov in 1904, best known for his behavioral experiments with dogs, and Alexander Fleming, who shared the prize in 1945 for the discovery of penicillin. is included.
Last year’s medical prize went to hugely popular Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and her American colleague Drew Wiseman for their discoveries that paved the way for a coronavirus vaccine that helped curb the pandemic. Awarded.
The prizes in science, literature and economics, steeped in tradition, will be presented to the winners at a ceremony on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death, followed by a sumptuous banquet at Stockholm City Hall.
Another celebration will be held for Peace Prize winners in Oslo on the same day.
