Dr. David Julius(67) is a physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate known for his work on molecular mechanisms of pain sensation and heat — including the characterization of the TRPV1 and TRPM8 receptors that detect capsaicin, menthol, and temperature. He won the Nobel Prize jointly with his colleage Ardem Patapoutian. Julius is a professor at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Quote: “Keeping our different species going and, you know, when you think about how many drugs were discovered or derived from natural products, it’s really pretty astounding. And that’s certainly true in the pain world. Aspirin comes from willow bark, morphine comes from the opium poppy, but this extends to all facets of medicine, and so keeping those sources of natural products around is really critical.”
— Lightly edited transcription of an interview response by David Julius on NobelPrize.org
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