STOCKHOLM – Two researchers working in Massachusetts have been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine .
MicroRNA
Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were honored Monday for their discovery of microRNA , a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated.
The Nobel Assembly said that their discovery is “proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function.”
Victor Ambros
Ambrose performed the research that led to his prize at Harvard University.
He is currently a professor of natural science at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. Ambrose was born in Hanover, New Hampshire. He earned his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1979.
Gary Ruvkun
Ruvkin’s research was performed at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard Medical School, where he’s a professor of genetics, said Thomas Perlmann, Secretary-General of the Nobel Committee.