Chemistry Nobel awarded for protein receptor discovery

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2012 has been awarded to Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka for their studies of G-protein-coupled receptors. Their research revealed the inner workings of the receptors and discovered they contained a recipient for hormones. Lefkowitz: Worked on cell receptor research in NC. Kobilka: Professor at Stanford University. The award of the chemistry prize for research in biology and medicine underscores how borders between...

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