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American researchers win Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering microRNA

The Nobel Prize Assembly said that the discovery by researchers Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun is 'proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function'

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Olle Kaempe, member of the Nobel Assembly, speaks to the media in front of a screen displaying a picture of this year's laureates in medicine, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkum, at Stockholm, on Monday, October 7. Pic/AFP

Olle Kaempe, member of the Nobel Assembly, speaks to the media in front of a screen displaying a picture of this year's laureates in medicine, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkum, at Stockholm, on Monday, October 7. Pic/AFP

The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded on Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated, news agency AP reported.

The Nobel Assembly said that their discovery is "proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function."

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