Victor Ambros has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine!

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Congratulations Victor Ambros, PhD, on winning the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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  • Champagne toast raised as Nobel winner reacts to news

    Champagne toast raised as Nobel winner reacts to news

    Although Victor Ambros, PhD, was scheduled to move his lab into a new building today, the announcement that he and Gary Ruvkun, PhD, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of microRNA, put those plans were put on hold. Read more about how his day unfolded.  

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  • Nobel Laureate Victor Ambros press conference

    Nobel Laureate Victor Ambros press conference

    Watch a video of the UMass Chan Medical School press conference on Monday, Oct. 7, held after the announcement that UMass Chan researcher Victor R. Ambros, PhD, was a co-recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of microRNA.

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