HELP! nobel prize on craig c mello report!?

Question

please look on wikipedia or search google for craig c mello and tell me what he did in simple words its so complicated!

Answer 1

He was a co-discoverer of RNAi technology.

RNAi-based treatments aim at developing a treatment to target the gene at the root of a disease or condition and "silence" or switch it off without affecting other genes or cells. The technology, while still young, is looked at as a way to treat several conditions. One hope among researchers is that it could replace chemotherapy treatments for cancer, which damages healthy cells along with treating the cancer.