David Julius, Ardem Patapoutian win 2021 Medicine Nobel

U.S. scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian on Monday won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch.
This has 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.
This research is being used to develop treatments for a wide range of diseases and conditions, including chronic pain.
The prestigious Nobel prizes, for achievements in science, literature and peace, were created 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.