The Nobel Prize|The value of the award this year is 11 million Swedish kronor, or just under 970,000 euros.
Medical and the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology will receive Victor Ambrose and Gary Ruvkun. They are US nationals and work in the US.
Ambros and Ruvkyn discovered micro-rna and have described its role in gene regulation of the human DNA strand.
Micro-rna is located in the DNA strand of chromosomes. The information stored in the chromosomes can be compared to the usage of all the cells in our body.
Every cell contains the same chromosomes, so every cell contains exactly the same genes and exactly the same instructions.
Different however, cell types such as muscle and nerve cells have very different properties. How do these differences arise?
The answer lies in gene regulation. With it, each cell can choose only the instructions that are relevant to it, says k.
This ensures that only the correct genes are active in each cell type.
Ambros and Ruvkun were interested in how different cell types develop.
This is how they discovered microRNA. It is a new class of small rna molecules that play a crucial role in gene regulation.
Their discovery revealed a completely new principle of gene regulation. It turned out that it is necessary for multicellular organisms, including humans.
It is now known that the human genome encodes more than a thousand different micro-RNAs.
Micro-RNAs have proven to be essential for the development and functioning of organisms.
Tuesday physics and chemistry prizes will be awarded on Wednesday.
The value of the award this year is 11 million Swedish kronor, or just under 970,000 euros. If there are several recipients, the amount will be divided.
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