Gary Ruvkun, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, has received the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of microRNAs, a class of tiny RNA molecules that regulate the activities of genes in plants and animals, including humans.

Gary B. Ruvkun, a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine, the Nobel Committee announced early Monday morning.

A pair of Massachusetts professors won a Nobel Prize for discovering microRNA, which could lead to new ways of treating cancer.