Chili Peppers Led To UCSF Researcher David Julius' Nobel Prize For Medicine

Los Angeles CA

05 October, 2021

11:59 PM

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CBS Los Angeles SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) — UC San Francisco researcher David Julius was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for his groundbreaking work into the neuroscience of pain. Julius was sharing the award with Ardem Patapoutian, a medical researcher at Scripps Research in La Jolla. The two scientists won the Prize for identifying receptors in the skin that respond to heat and pressure. Their work is focused on the field of somatosensation, which explores the ability of specialized organs such as eyes, ears and skin to see, hear and feel. Read more at CBSLA CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.