Nobel Prize for Medicine: US researchers revolutionize gene research with microrna

Nobel Prize for Medicine: US researchers revolutionize gene research with microrna

In the current week, the highly expected Nobel prices are awarded in different categories, and the medical price is already causing a stir. On Monday, the Nobel Committee at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm announced that the American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun received the award. They share the premium of eleven million Swedish crowns, which is worth around 968,000 euros.

Victor Ambros, born in 1953, and Gary Ruvkun, born in 1951, have contributed significantly to the further development of gene research with their basic discovery in the field of microrna. A microrna is a small molecular chain that plays an important role in regulating gene activity and is therefore crucial for the normal development of cells and tissues. Their discovery, which took place many millions of years ago, contributed to how ever more complex organisms have developed over evolution.

The winners and their research

Ambros received his doctorate in 1979 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (with) and researched there until 1985 as a post -doctorate. Today he heads research at Harvard University and is Silverman Professor of Natural Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Ruvkun studied at Harvard University, where he did her doctorate in 1982. After his time at MIT he worked in the Massachusetts General Hospital and at the Harvard Medical School, where he is also a professor of genetics.

The importance of your work cannot be assessed high enough. According to explanations of the Nobel Committee, we know from genetic research that cells and tissues cannot work normally without the effects of micrornas. Missed regulation by this molecules can even lead to serious diseases such as cancer. In addition, genetic mutations were also discovered in the genes that are encountered for micrornas, which is associated with innate diseases or age -related disorders.

The Nobel Prize Care continues this week, with the Physics Prize on Tuesday, followed by the prices for chemistry and literature. The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday, while the ceremony for the awarding of prices traditionally takes place on December 10, the death of Alfred Nobel's death, in the Stockholm Concert Hall. This traditional event attracts an international audience every year and recognizes outstanding achievements in different areas.

Overall, the award of the Nobel Prize for Medicine is an important event in the scientific world. It not only recognizes the individual achievements of the award winners, but also the basic progress that has been achieved in gene research in recent decades. For more information on the prices and the upcoming award, it is worth taking a look at the current reports, www.leadersnet.de to be found.