The 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine has been awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian
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Monday, 04 October, 2021, 15:06
![]() The 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine has been awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch. The two US-based scientists received the accolade for describing the mechanics of how humans perceive hot and cold, and pressure through nerve impulses.
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