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2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine On October 4, 2021, American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the prestigious “2021 Nobel Prize for Medicine”. Key Facts - They won the prize for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch. - According to award-giving body, these discoveries could make way for new pain-killers. - These findings have allowed to understand how heat, cold and mechanical force initiate the nerve impulses which in turn allow humans to perceive and adapt to the world around. - This development and knowledge are being used to develop treatments for a several disease conditions, including chronic pain. - This year, the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was shared in equal parts by the two laureates. - But medicine has been into the spotlight because of COVID-19 pandemic. There were recommendations that, those who developed covid-19 vaccines could be rewarded with Nobel Prizes. About Nobel Prizes The prestigious Nobel prizes for “science, literature and peace” were created and funded in the name of Swedish dynamite inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel. The prize is awarded since 1901. The Nobel prize for economics was first conferred in 1969. This century-old prize is worth 10 million Swedish crowns. Who is Ardem Patapoutian? Ardem Patapoutian was born in 1967 in Lebanon, to Armenian parents. He moved to Los Angeles in his youth and currently he is a Professor at Scripps Research, La Jolla, California. He has done research at the University of California, San Francisco as well as at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. He was awarded with The Nobel Prize for finding a cellular mechanism and underlying gene which translates a mechanical force on our skin into an electric nerve signal. Who is David Julius? Davis Julius was born in New York. He is a Professor at University of California, San Francisco. He was awarded for his findings on the skin’s sense of temperature on the basis of how certain cells react to capsaicin. Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021 Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News Topics: 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine • Ardem Patapoutian • COVID-19 • David Julius • Nobel Prize • Nobel prize for economics
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असोज १८, काठमाडौं । नोबेल एसेम्बलीले यस वर्षको शरिर विज्ञान तथा चिकित्साशास्त्रतर्फको नोबेल पुरस्कार डेभिड जुलियस र अर्डम पाटापोटियनलाई संयुक्तरुपमा प्रदान गरेको छ । सोमवार आयोजित विशेष कार्यक्रममा एसेम्बलीले उनीहरुलाई नाबेल पुरस्कार दिने घोषणा गरेको हो । डेभिड जुलियस अमेरिकी नागरिक हुन् भने पाटापोउटियन लेबनानका नागरिक हुन् । हाम्रो शरीरले कसरी घामको न्यानो वा माया गर्ने मानिसको अँगालोको न्यानोपना महसुस गर्छ भनेर पत्ता लगाउने वैज्ञानिकहरूले चिकित्सा विज्ञानको नोबेल पुरस्कार जितेका हुन्। ‘मानिसको तातो, चिसो र स्पर्श थाहा पाउने क्षमता जीवनयापनको लागि निकै महत्वपूर्ण छ । हामीले दैनिक जीवनमा यसलाई हल्कारुपमा लिन्छौं तर हाम्रो स्नायु प्रणालीले तापक्रम र दबाब थाहा पाउने काम कसरी सुरु गर्छ त ? यो प्रश्नको उत्तर यस वर्षको नोबेल पुरस्कार विजेताले दिएका छन्’, नोबेल एसेम्बलीले भनेको छ । उनीहरुको अहिले पत्ता लगाएको खोजबाट मानिसको स्नायु प्रणालीले कसरी तापक्रम र स्पर्श गरेको थाहा पाउँछ भन्ने बुझ्न सहयोग गर्छ । नोबेल पुरस्कार कमिटीका थोमस पर्लम्यानले यो अत्यन्तै महत्त्वपूर्ण र गहिरो खोजू भएको बताएका छन्।पुरस्कृत दुवै जनाले १ करोड स्वीडीश क्रोनर प्राप्त गर्नेछन् । एजेन्सीहरुको सहयोगमा