Nobel Prize in Medicine 2024 goes to scientists who discovered micro-RNA
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Published at: 07/10/2024 02:06 PM
The Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology 2024 was awarded to American
scientists Víctor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, for the
discovery of micro-RNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
“The 2024 Nobel Prize honors two scientists for their
discovery of a fundamental principle that governs the regulation of gene
activity,” the Nobel Assembly of the
Karolinska Institute in Stockholm reported on Monday.
Scientists became interested in how
different cell types develop and discovered micro-RNAs, a new class of
tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in
determining how organisms develop and work (and how they sometimes
malfunction), that is, how genetic regulation is carried out, international media reports.
With this discovery, researchers now know that the human
genome provides instructions for more than 1000 forms of micro-RNA,
which are important for the development and functioning of organisms.
Mazo News Team