BREAKING NEWS:
The 2021 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian “for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.” pic.twitter.com/gB2eL37IV7— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 4, 2021
El bioquímico estadounidense David Julius, nacido en 1955, utilizó una sustancia que se encuentra en los chiles, capsaicina, para identificar en las terminaciones nerviosas de la piel un sensor que responde al calor.
The seminal discoveries by this year’s #NobelPrize laureates in physiology or medicine have explained how heat, cold and touch can initiate signals in our nervous system. The identified ion channels are important for many physiological processes and disease conditions. pic.twitter.com/TxMTwSDHas
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 4, 2021