--- title: Two Scientists Honored with Nobel Prize in Medicine For Their Discovery of MicroRNA | TIME description: Two scientists have been award the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of microRNA. Victor Ambros, professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, and Gary Ruvkun, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, received the prize for revealing how microRNAs turn genes on and off. canonical: https://time.com/video/k6g1mtvv/ og:title: Two Scientists Honored with Nobel Prize in Medicine For Their Discovery of MicroRNA og:description: Two scientists have been award the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of microRNA. Victor Ambros, professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, and Gary Ruvkun, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, received the prize for revealing how microRNAs turn genes on and off. og:url: https://time.com/video/k6g1mtvv/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/k6g1mtvv/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Two Scientists Honored with Nobel Prize in Medicine For Their Discovery of MicroRNA twitter:description: Two scientists have been award the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of microRNA. Victor Ambros, professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, and Gary Ruvkun, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, received the prize for revealing how microRNAs turn genes on and off. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/k6g1mtvv/poster.jpg?width=720 --- * Science # Two Scientists Honored with Nobel Prize in Medicine For Their Discovery of MicroRNA ## Video: Two Scientists Honored with Nobel Prize in Medicine For Their Discovery of MicroRNA [Watch (HLS stream): Two Scientists Honored with Nobel Prize in Medicine For Their Discovery of MicroRNA](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/k6g1mtvv.m3u8) (2:16)  _Published 2024-10-07. Two scientists have been award the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of microRNA. Victor Ambros, professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, and Gary Ruvkun, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, received the prize for revealing how microRNAs turn genes on and off._ --- Oct 7, 2024 8:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work on Proteins](/video/AjYE9bWk/) ### Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work on Proteins [Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Three Scientists For Developments in Electron Microscopy](/video/EuFkEJ5d/) ### Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Three Scientists For Developments in Electron Microscopy [A History in Covers: Person of the Year](/video/HRVOOLhg/) ### A History in Covers: Person of the Year --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Two Scientists Honored with Nobel Prize in Medicine For Their Discovery of MicroRNA","description":"Two scientists have been award the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of microRNA. Victor Ambros, professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, and Gary Ruvkun, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, received the prize for revealing how microRNAs turn genes on and off. ","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/k6g1mtvv/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-10-07T19:49:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/k6g1mtvv.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/k6g1mtvv/","duration":"PT2M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/k6g1mtvv/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```