Victor Robert Ambros (born December 1, 1953) is an American developmental biologist of Polish descent who discovered the first known microRNA. He is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and completed both his undergraduate and doctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ambros received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2024 for his research on microRNA.
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Victor Robert Ambros (born December 1, 1953) is an American developmental biologist of Polish descent, who discovered the first known microRNA (miRNA).
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Victor Robert Ambros, December 1, 1953, Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.
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Victor Robert Ambros, December 1, 1953, Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.
Works In: Medicine, Lead section, 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
In 2024 he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine with Gary Ruvkun "for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation".
Associated With: Gary Ruvkun, Lead section, 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine co-laureates
In 2024 he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine with Gary Ruvkun "for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation".
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