2 scientists share medicine Nobel for discovery of microRNA

The 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene......

Trio wins Medicine Nobel for work on how cells use oxygen

Their discoveries pave the way for promising new strategies to fight anemia, cancer and several other diseases. IMAGE: Thomas Perlmann, Secretary-General of the Nobel Committee, presents the Nobel......

Japanese cell biologist wins Nobel for medicine

The 2016 Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy. Ohsumi is a Japanese cell biologist specializing in autophagy. He is a professor at......

3 Americans win Nobel medicine prize for work on biological clocks

The Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for 2017 has been awarded to the American trio of Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young for “for their discoveries of molecular......