The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to two Americans for the discovery of temperature and touch receptors, possibly paving the way for the development of new, non-opioid pain killers, it was announced at a press conference.
STOCKHOLM, Oct 4 US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian today won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch, the jury said. “The groundbreaking discoveries. by this year’s Nobel Prize laureates have allowed us to understand how heat, cold.
Ardem Patapoutian was photographed watching the Nobel Prize press conference from the comfort of his bed shortly after finding out that he had won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with David Julius.
Ardem Patapoutian has been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for his groundbreaking discovery of pressure-sensitive sensors in cells that respond to mechanical stimulation.