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Nobel Prize for medicine awarded for discovery of microRNAs, which play key role in cancer development
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, announced on Monday 7 October, has been awarded jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for discovering microRNAs and their role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. The work by Ambros, now at the…
Flaxseed could provide protection against breast cancer
Components of flaxseed may help to prevent the development of breast cancer. The mouse study, published in Microbiology Spectrum, 7 December 2023, uncovers a novel link between flaxseed consumption in the diet, the gut microbiota and microRNAs in the breast…