Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun. All you need to know about the two scientists

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.

"This year’s Nobel Prize honors two scientists for their discovery of a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated," a statement from The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet read.

Ambros and Ruvkun discovered microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene regulation.