Victor Ambrose and Gary Ruvkun get Nobel Prize 2024 in medicine for microRNA discovery
The announcement of the Nobel Prizes for the year 2024 has started from Monday. Under this, the names of the winners of this honor for the field of Physiology or Medicine were announced. This year, Victor Ambrose and Gary Ruvkun of US have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Both have been given this honor for the discovery of microRNA. This year’s award is the 115th Nobel Prize given in Physiology or Medicine since 1901. The Nobel Prize for Physics 2024 will be announced on Tuesday, followed by the announcement of the Chemistry Prize on Wednesday.
They received the award in 2023
Earlier in the year 2023, Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine. They were given this honor for their discoveries related to nucleoside base modifications. This discovery helped in the development of effective mRNA vaccines against the corona virus i.e. COVID-19.
Who got the award in 2022
In 2022, Sweden’s Svante Paabo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was given this award for his discoveries related to the genetics (genome) of extinct hominins and human evolution.
The Nobel Prize winner is given 11 million Swedish Krona (about 1 million US dollars). This award is given in the name of Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel. The award winners are invited to present the award at a ceremony organized on December 10, Nobel’s death anniversary.
