Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024

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Prize share: 1/2

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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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