Nobel prize for medicine goes to mRNA work behind covid-19 vaccines
New ScientistJUL 2023
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun's remarkable discovery of microRNA earned them this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine. They found a new class of small RNA molecules that play an important function in gene regulation. The two scientists have uncovered a new level of understanding in the development and function of multicellular organisms, including humans, with the potential to help further research about cancer and other diseases.
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