Scientists Win Lasker for micro-RNA Discovery

The Lasker Foundation has announced that Doctors Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun, and David Baulcombe won the Lasker Medical Prize for their discovery of micro-RNA molecules, and their role in gene regulation. http://www.sciencentral.com/video/

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[Fly2Azeroth]

@bufuman No trolling

[bufuman]

what crap

[heartlessvietboy]

If you guys aren't listening,  I WILL MAKE YOU LISTEN.

[DoubleDutchBust]

5:58am Monday (CDT) - Time in Mississippi, United States

[DoubleDutchBust]

0:59

[Jenfucius]

Exactly!

Gene therapy has many potential applications.

[Devoidist]

Don't worry gene therapy will not be useless cause it has its uses that MiRNA can't solve like sickle cell anaemia

[fazholio]

Hyped up for funding.....good bye gene therapy , wellcome MiRNAs......lol

[maxdelbruck]

Wow!

[qufighter]

here is a simple example: there is/are genes that makes animals eat fats and sweets like crazy because they are rare in nature. Except human society now has these items readily available to everyone. Our genes still tell us to eat all we can, so we get fat, since our genes are very slow to break a rule that worked well for millions of years. If we can switch off genes as they become irrelevant, or switch them on again, we can live lives more in sync with the current state of things.