Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for discovery of microRNA

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, US scientists, were awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of microRNA, a new class of molecules that regulate gene activity in cells. The discovery is crucial for multicellular organisms, including humans, and has the potential to help develop drugs to switch off diseases like cancer or diabetes. The Nobel Assembly of Sweden's Karolinska Institute medical university praised the discovery, stating that it revealed a new principle of gene regulation essential for multicellular organisms. The researchers conducted their studies at Harvard University, and their work explains how complex life emerged on Earth and how the human body is composed of various tissues.