The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded this year for the discovery of microRNA, a very important advance in the field of molecular biology.
Scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have contributed to the understanding of how gene activity is regulated, which has major consequences for the development and functioning of organisms.
Their discovery has opened new doors for other research and could have important implications in medicine, including the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
Ambros, who conducted the research at Harvard, is now a professor at the University of Massachusetts, while Ruvkun continues his work at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard.
Last year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine gave special recognition to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their work on mRNA vaccines, which played a key role in the fight against COVID-19.