The medicine Nobel Prize recognized researchers studying how our bodies sense temperature and touch. Pain is much more complicated. This year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine went to two scientists who discovered how our sense of temperature and touch works. David Julius identified the heat-sensing ion channel TRPV1, while Ardem Patapoutian found the touch-sensitive […]
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Why Don’t We Have a Hepatitis C Vaccine Yet?
The research that won this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine has saved millions of lives, but it has not yet led to a vaccine. This year, the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine went to three scientists for their discovery of the hepatitis C virus, a significant global health problem that causes cirrhosis and liver […]
Three Share Medicine Nobel for How Cells Sense Oxygen
Oxygen-sensing genes allow cells to adapt when oxygen levels drop. The 2019 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to three scientists “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.” The 9 million Swedish krona (more than $900,000) prize is shared equally between William Kaelin from the Dana-Farber Cancer […]
Donna Strickland adjusts to her newfound fame as a research rock star
Canada’s newest Nobel laureate discusses the challenges of explaining her work, dealing with the attention, and what to wear to a Nobel ball. Winning a Nobel Prize is the pinnacle of a scientific career, but the unexpected early morning phone call brings with it a whole new set of challenges. For Donna Strickland, who won […]
Two Share 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for Cancer Discoveries
James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo share prize for discovery of checkpoint inhibitors for cancer therapy. The 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to James P. Allison, from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and Takusu Honjo, from Kyoto University in Japan, “for their discovery of cancer […]
Physiology or Medicine Nobel Goes to Discovery of Cell’s Recycling Process
Yoshinori Ohsumi revealed workings of autophagy, a routine biological process implicated in many diseases. The 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi of the Tokyo Institute for Technology for his discovery of how cells break down and recycle their own proteins and organelles, a process called […]
2015 Nobel Prize goes to antiparasitic drug discoverers
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to three researchers from Japan, Ireland, and China who identified treatments for major tropical diseases. The discoverers of drugs to treat parasitic diseases that predominantly affect people in the developing world have won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Satoshi Omura, from Kitasato […]