感觉解码器的发现之旅——2021年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖

Voyage of discoveries of sensory decoders——Introduction of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021

北京时间2021年10月4日,在瑞典斯德哥尔摩,卡罗琳斯卡医学院宣布将2021年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖授予美国生理学家David Julius和美国分子生物学家Ardem Patapoutian,以表彰他们在温度和触觉感受器的发现过程中所做出的杰出贡献。本文对David Julius和Ardem Patapoutian的生平、科学贡献和意义加以介绍。

On October 4,2021,Beijing time,the Karolinska Institute of Sweden in Stockholm announced that the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to American physiologist David Julius and American molecular biologist Ardem Patapoutian in recognition of their outstanding contributions in discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.Here,we will give the introductions of David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian as well as their scientific contributions and significance underlying those.