Nobel Prize in medicine honors two Americans for discovery of microRNA

The Nobel Assembly said that their discovery is "proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function."

Nobel Prize in medicine honors two Americans for discovery of microRNA
A bust of Alfred Nobel on display following a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday.

The Nobel Assembly said that their discovery is "proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function."

(Image credit: Henrik Montgomery)