Vermonter wins Nobel Prize in medicine

WORCESTER, Mass. (WCAX) – A Vermonter has won a Nobel Prize for his work in medicine.

Victor Ambros’ research led to the discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on-and-off switches inside cells that help control what the cells do and when they do it.

Ambros, a professor of natural science at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, grew up on a small farm in Vermont and is an alum of Woodstock Union High School.

Ambros shared the honors along with American scientist Gary Ruvkun.