Summary
- US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discovery of microRNA
- MicroRNA plays a crucial role in gene regulation and how multicellular organisms grow and live
- Their work explained how cells specialize and develop into different types despite containing the same set of genes
- The prize is awarded by the Nobel Assembly of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, with a prize sum of 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.1 million)