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Gary Ruvkun
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Gary Bruce Ruvkun (born March 26, 1952) is an American molecular biologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School. He discovered the mechanism by which lin-4, the first microRNA discovered by Victor Ambros, regulates target messenger RNAs, and discovered the second microRNA, let-7, showing it is conserved across animal phylogeny including in humans. Ruvkun was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
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1. Gary Ruvkun (Wikipedia)
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Gary Bruce Ruvkun (born March 26, 1952) is an American molecular biologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
1. Gary Ruvkun (Wikipedia)
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March 26, 1952 (age 74), Berkeley, California, U.S.
1. Gary Ruvkun (Wikipedia)
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March 26, 1952 (age 74), Berkeley, California, U.S.
1. Gary Ruvkun (Wikipedia)
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Ruvkun was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
Victor Ambros (Wikipedia)
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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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