NLS The Nobel Prize

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch. David Julius utilized capsaicin, a pungent compound from chili peppers that induces a burning sensation, to identify a sensor in […]

With a passion for medical research sparked at the age of 17, Michael Houghton has been able to prevent millions of people from suffering from hepatitis C, and he expects a vaccine in the near future, hopefully within the next decade. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has heightened awareness about the prevalence and ferocity of viruses […]

A loss for the world’s sea urchins turned into a win for virology research. When Dr. Charles M. Rice, PhD, entered a doctoral program at the California Institute of Technology, he expected to continue his studies on sea urchins. Instead, he was placed in a virology lab, creating a whole new set of interests. And […]

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice, for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus. The three scientists have made a decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem […]

Read Chris Tachibana's exclusive interview with Frances H. Arnold, a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2018, and learn more about her bold approaches to optimizing enzymes for society’s benefit.