Relinquishing microglia of a pesky 22-nucleotide microRNA freed the cells to respond more vigorously to amyloidosis, and to protect nearby neurons. That was the upshot of a study published in Nature ...
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their groundbreaking discovery of microRNA and its pivotal role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.