The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024
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Victor Ambros
Prize share: 1/2
Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
Gary Ruvkun
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 was awarded jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun "for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation"
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