microRNA: Gary Ruvkun’s Journey to the 2024 Nobel Prize
MicroRNA is revolutionizing our understanding of gene regulation, showcasing the intricate dance of tiny strands of RNA that play a pivotal role in cellular function and growth.Discovered by the groundbreaking research of Gary Ruvkun and Victor Ambros in the early 1990s, these molecules have become a focal point in the RNA research community and were recently recognized with the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.