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Scientific background For the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation The evolution of multicellular organisms from unicellular ancestors, where each cell-type acquired specialized functions, required increasingly sophisticated mechanisms of gene regulation. Besides transcriptional gene regulation mediated by DNA-binding factors acting on regulatory sequences, other forms of control systems emerged as organisms…

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Swedish 2024-10-07 har idag beslutat att Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin år 2024 skall tilldelas Victor Ambros och Gary Ruvkun för upptäckten av mikroRNA och dess roll i posttranskriptionell genreglering Årets Nobelpris belönar två forskare för upptäckten av en grundläggande princip för hur geners aktivitet regleras. Arvsmassan i våra kromosomer kan liknas vid en instruktionsbok…

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English 2024-10-07 has today decided to award the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation This year’s Nobel Prize honors two scientists for their discovery of a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated. The…

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Nobel Prize Conversations “When I was a young kid, my father would tell me, you can do anything you want when you go to work. The most important thing is to enjoy it. I found that” How can we ensure that knowledge and science is spread globally? Medicine laureate Drew Weissman is an advocate for…

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Through their lives and work, failures and successes – get to know the individuals who have been awarded the Nobel Prize. The host for this podcast is Adam Smith. Nobel Prize Conversations – with the 2023 laureates Nobel Prize Conversations – with the 2022 laureates Nobel Prize Conversations – with the 2021 laureates Nobel Prize…

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