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Published online 2 October 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061002-2
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RNAi scoops medical Nobel
Gene silencers get something to shout about.
Two US geneticists who discovered one of the fundamental mechanisms by which gene expression is controlled have received a Nobel prize for their achievement. Andrew Fire and Craig Mello, who revealed the process of RNA interference (RNAi) in 1998, will share the US$1.
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