Two Massachusetts scientists have been recognized with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their role in the discovery of microRNA — key to the understanding of gene regulation and

U.S. scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its crucial role in how multicellular organisms grow and live, the award-giving body said on Monday.

U.S.-based scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize for medicine and physiology on Monday for discovering microRNA molecules, which determine how genes behave.