Gary Ruvkun MicroRNA Discovery and the 2024 Nobel Prize
Gary Ruvkun’s groundbreaking discovery of microRNA in the early 1990s has transformed our understanding of gene regulation, setting the stage for his recognition as a recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.Initially, Ruvkun and his colleague, Victor Ambros, were not the celebrated figures they are today, as the significance of their findings was not immediately appreciated by the broader scientific community.