Nobel Laureate on Touch and the Joy of Scientific Discovery

The Bob Harrington Show

The 2021 winner of the Nobel Prize in medicine, Ardem Patapoutian speaks of his love for science, why he wishes he had an MD, and the importance of getting out of the lab to inspire young people.

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39429349/

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2021/press-release/

Piezo1 and Piezo2 are essential components of distinct mechanically activated cation channels https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20813920/

PIEZOs mediate neuronal sensing of blood pressure and the baroreceptor reflex

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aau6324

PIEZO Ion Channels in Cardiovascular Functions and Diseases

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.322798

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