5 Facts About Nobel Prize For Medicine Winners David Julius Ardem Patapoutian
Below are five facts about the two scientists as well as their award-winning work. Julius’ research involved chile peppers One major breakthrough from Julius’ work was the discovery of the gene that was responsible for sensing capsaicin—the chemical present in chile peppers that gives them their heat. Scientists already knew that capsaicin activated nerve cells—we can certainly tell when we’ve bitten into a chile. What they didn’t know was how....