Pair win Nobel for unlocking mystery of sensing temperature, touch
Gulf Times
The duo's research is being used to develop treatments for a wide range of diseases and conditions, including chronic pain.
US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian on Monday won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch.
The duo's research, conducted independently of each other in the late 1990s and 2000s, is being used to develop treatments for a wide range of diseases and conditions, including chronic pain.
Julius, who in 2019 won the $3-million Breakthrough Prize in life sciences, said he was stunned to receive the call from the Nobel committee early on Monday.
"One never really expects that to happen... I thought it was a prank," he told Swedish Radio.
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