Today's Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology is built on curiosity-driven research. Victor Ambros wanted to know what sets the developmental clock that determines that particular life-cycle events happen at the right developmental time. 1/2 🧪

It seemed a bit arcane--developmental timing in a little nematode worm. However, it has led to some remarkable technology spin-offs including drugs like Spinraza treating Spinal muscular atrophy. Invest in Discovery science! 2/2 🧪 www.curesma.org/spinraza/