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Victor Ambros, a researcher at UMass Medical School, receives the Nobel Prize

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Victor Ambros, a researcher at UMass Medical School, receives the Nobel Prize

(Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled Victor Ambros' name.)

(This story has been updated to add new information.)

A researcher at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has won a Nobel Prize for discovering microRNA.

Victor Ambros, a UMass faculty member since 2008, and Gary Ruvkun of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School share the prestigious award, according to a Nobel Assembly announcement Monday morning. The long-time employees received a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Ambros and Ruvkun are recognized for their work on microRNA, described by the gathering as “a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a critical role in gene regulation.”

Details Behind the research of Ambros and Ruvkun

Ambros is from New Hampshire, attended MIT and was initially a professor at Dartmouth Medical School. He is now the Silverman Professor of Science at UMass Medical.

UMass Chan Medical School is aware of the award. In 2006, UMass Medical School researcher Craig C. Mello received the same Nobel Prize for his role in the discovery of RNA interference. He shared the honor with Andrew Z. Fire of Stanford University.

Ambros will be presented with the award at a ceremony on December 10 in Sweden.

UMass Chan Medical School Chancellor Michael F. Collins said in a statement the school has long been aware of his contributions to scientific discovery.

“Victor has had a profound impact on our world-leading RNA community,” said Collins. “He is an integral member of a remarkable group of RNA researchers here who are collectively advancing the global understanding of biological mechanisms and advancing the field of biomedical sciences.”

In 2008, Ambros, then a new UMass faculty member, won the Lasker Award for basic medical research. Some consider the award to be the American equivalent of the Nobel Prize. In this case, too, Ambrose shared the credit with Ruvkun.

The award was related to previous research that led to the Nobel Prize.

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