Two US scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian

Stockholm - The winners were announced on Monday

Published: Mon 4 Oct 2021, 1:44 PM

Updated: Mon 4 Oct 2021, 1:48 PM

The Nobel Prize in the field of physiology or medicine has been awarded to US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian.

They were cited for their discovery of receptors for temperature and touch.

The winners were announced Monday by Thomas Perlmann, secretary-general of the Nobel Committee.

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