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MicroRNA − a new Nobel laureate describes the scientific process of discovering these tiny molecules that turn genes on and off

  • Written by Victor Ambros, Professor of Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
imageA microRNA molecule is a tiny regulator of other genetic material.Artur Plawgo/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine goes to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, tiny biological molecules that tell the cells in your body what kind of cell to be by turning on and off certain genes.

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