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UPSC 2007: What is the broad area in which the Nobel Prize winners for the year 2006 in Physiology or Medicine worked to get the prize?
(a)Prevention of weakening due to ageing
(b)Flow of genetic information
(c)Immunology and disease resistance
(d)Adult stem-cell research
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) Flow of genetic information
Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello received the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for discovering RNA interference—gene-silencing by double-stranded RNA—which the Nobel Committee described as “a fundamental mechanism for controlling the flow of genetic information.” Hence option (b) is correct; the discovery was not about ageing, immunology, or stem-cell work. ([nobelprize.org](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2006/illustrated-information/?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2007, GS Paper 1, as Question 22. It falls under Science & Technology > Science & Technology History.
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