Science behind sense of touch and temperature wins medicine Nobel prize

By Jamie Durrani2021-10-04T11:29:00

A gold and black line drawing of the two laureates. David Julius is a balding man with a mellow expression, Ardem Patapoutian is a man with wavy hair wearing glasses

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David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian honoured for discovery of ion channels activated by temperature and mechanical force

David Julius from the University of California, San Francisco, and Ardem Patapoutian of the Scripps Research institute in La Jolla, California, have been recognised by the Nobel committee for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.