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October 10, 2024
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South Korea’s Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize in literature

South Korean author Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”. Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy’s Nobel Committee, announced the prize in Stockholm on Thursday. Han, 53, is the first South Korean writer to […]

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October 09, 2024
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What is microRNA? Understanding the 2024 Nobel Prize-winning breakthrough

One complicating factor has been that microRNAs can be unstable Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, the latest Nobel Prize winners in medicine, have been recognized for their groundbreaking discovery of microRNA in human DNA. This genetic switch, capable of turning gene functions on or off, holds immense potential for treating various diseases, including cancer, heart […]