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American biologists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation".
2024-10-7

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine is awarded to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles M. Rice for their discovery of the Hepatitis C virus.
2020-10-5

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Peter J. Ratcliffe, William Kaelin Jr. and Gregg L. Semenza for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.
2019-10-7

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their discoveries in cancer therapy.
2018-10-1

The Nobel Prize committee awards Americans Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael W. Young the prize for their work on molecular mechanisms that control circadian systems.
2017-10-2

The United States National Center for Health Statistics reports the rate of twin births has hit an historic high. Researchers say the increase in twin births may be affected by changes in reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization, and by more women giving birth later in life--a time when the occurrence of twins is higher.
2015-12-23

American scientists James Rothman and Randy Schekman and German scientist Thomas C. Südhof win the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on transport systems in cells.
2013-10-7

Italian neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini, the 1986 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, dies at the age of 103.
2012-12-30

Robert Geoffrey Edwards of the United Kingdom wins the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his role in developing in vitro fertilisation.
2010-10-4

A Vatican official condemns the move as "completely out of order".
2010-10-4