Dr. Victor Ambros, Winner of the 2013(18th) Keio Medical Science Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

2024.10.08

The Karolinska Institutet in Sweden announced on November 7, 2024 that this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine will be awarded to Dr. Victor Ambros of UMass Chan Medical School, USA (jointly with Dr. Gary Rabkan of Harvard University, USA), winner of the 18th Keio Medical Science Prize. Dr. Ambros is the 11th past recipient of the Keio Medical Science Prize to subsequently receives the Nobel Prize, and this marks the third consecutive year in which a Keio Medical Science Prize Laureate has been honored with the Nobel Prize. He follows Dr. Katalin Karikó , who won in 2023, and Dr. Svante Pääbo, who won in 2022.