RNA Interference Leads To Nobel Prize

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday October 2, 2006 @03:28PM from the making-the-double-helix-dance dept.

gollum123 writes "The Nobel Prize for medicine has been awarded to two US scientists who discovered a phenomenon called RNA interference, which regulates the expression of genes. From the article: 'The breakthrough has also given scientists the ability to systematically test the functions of all human genes. [...] The Nobel citation, issued by Sweden's Karolinska Institute, said: "This year's Nobel Laureates have discovered a fundamental mechanism for controlling the flow of genetic information."'"

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Re:Paper tape by BadAnalogyGuy · 2006-10-02 16:30 · Score: 2, Insightful

So you're saying that in addition to the program data on the tape, that additional environmental factors such as mRNA and RNAi (aka the HW platform) are just as much part of the total machine as the data is.