David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian share 10m-kronor prize for discovery of receptors for temperature and touch
Two US researchers have won the 2021 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for work that unlocked the secrets of the sense of touch.
Prof David Julius, a physiologist at the University of California in San Francisco, and Prof Ardem Patapoutian, a neuroscientist at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California were honoured for their discovery of receptors in the skin that sense heat, cold and touch – making them them crucial for survival.