How Chili Peppers Played a Role , in the 2021 Nobel Prize <br />in Medicine.<br />David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian were awarded the prestigious prize in the category of physiology and medicine, this year.<br />The California-based professors described how human nerve impulses process sensations, such as heat and pressure.<br />The professors' discoveries were made possible <br />by their work with capsaicin, the "heat" compound <br />of a chili pepper.<br />Our ability to sense heat, cold and touch is essential for survival and underpins our interaction with the world around us, Nobel Assembly Statement, via CNN.<br />How we sense the temperature, touch and movement are some of the great questions for humanity, Professor David Paterson, U.K Physiological Society President, via CNN.<br />[This discovery] unlocks the secrets of nature ... , Thomas Perlmann, Nobel Assembly Secretary General, via CNN.<br />... It explains at a molecular level how these stimuli are converted into nerve signals. It's an important and profound discovery, Thomas Perlmann, Nobel Assembly Secretary General, via CNN.<br />It was a very clever thing to do because chili pepper, or capsaicin in the pepper, was known to trigger nerves or pain. , Thomas Perlmann, Nobel Assembly Secretary General, via CNN.<br />David Julius thought it could lead to a breakthrough if we really understood the molecular mechanisms for how this occurs, Thomas Perlmann, Nobel Assembly Secretary General, via CNN.<br />That was the route into these discoveries -- the sensing mechanism for how nerves can actually be activated. , Thomas Perlmann, Nobel Assembly Secretary General, via CNN.<br />When we encounter stimuli -- temperature, mechanical, touch and pressure. The chili pepper was the handle but the discovery was much more profound than that, Thomas Perlmann, Nobel Assembly Secretary General, via CNN.<br />Take the time to understand each other.<br />Take the time to understand each other.<br />Take the time to understand each other
