Key Points
The human genome is now known to code for over a thousand microRNAs, highlighting the widespread importance of this regulatory mechanism...
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their groundbreaking discovery of microRNA, a fundamental mechanism of gene regulation...
This discovery has revolutionised our understanding of how genes are controlled and expressed in living organisms...
MicroRNAs help explain how this specificity is achieved, allowing cells to select only the relevant genetic instructions for their particular function...
Their discovery of microRNAs has provided scientists with new tools to investigate gene regulation and has significantly expanded our understanding of how genetic information is processed and utilized in living organisms...
