David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian win 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine
- ByManjeet Singh | October 4, 2021
Scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of receptors for temperature and touch, the award-giving body announced on Monday.
Their groundbreaking discoveries “have allowed us to understand how heat, cold and mechanical force can initiate the nerve impulses that allow us to perceive and adapt to the world around us,” it said.”This knowledge is being used to develop treatments for a wide range of disease conditions, including chronic pain.”The more than century-old prize is awarded by the Nobel Assembly of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute and is worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.15 million).
Science, literature, and peace prizes were established and funded in the will of Swedish dynamite inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel. They have been awarded since 1901, with the economics prize first handed out in 1969.
The Nobel Prize for Medicine often has its hand held behind the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Nobel Prize for Peace, whose laureates are sometimes more widely known. However, medicine has been thrust into the spotlight by the COVID-19 outbreak, and some scientists suggested those who developed coronavirus vaccines might be rewarded this year or in the future.
Nobel ceremonies, which are usually full of old-world pomp and glamour, are still haunted by the pandemic. After lingering concerns about the virus and international travel, the banquet in Stockholm has been postponed for a second consecutive year.
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