Two U.S. scientists, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, just snagged the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their game-changing discovery of microRNA—a tiny molecule with massive implications for understanding how genes work. Talk about *next-level* science!
The Nobel Assembly called their work \\"fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function,\\" comparing it to unlocking a secret code in our DNA. Ambros, now at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Ruvkun, a Harvard prof, first cracked this mystery while studying a humble roundworm in the 1980s. Their findings? Once thought niche, now seen as universal across *all* animal life!
Fun fact: Thomas Perlmann, Nobel committee secretary, had to wake Ruvkun up with the news. Reaction? \\"Very enthusiastic\\" (who wouldn’t be?). Ambros? Still waiting for his celebratory call—but we’re betting it’ll be lit.
This year’s prize kicks off Nobel season, with more awards dropping soon. Stay tuned!
Two U.S. scientists, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, just snagged the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their game-changing discovery of microRNA—a tiny molecule with massive implications for understanding how genes work. Talk about *next-level* science! 
Ambros, now at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Ruvkun, a Harvard prof, first cracked this mystery while studying a humble roundworm in the 1980s. Their findings? Once thought niche, now seen as universal across *all* animal life! 
Fun fact: Thomas Perlmann, Nobel committee secretary, had to wake Ruvkun up with the news. Reaction? \\"Very enthusiastic\\" (who wouldn’t be?). Ambros? Still waiting for his celebratory call—but we’re betting it’ll be lit. 
