Why not, he and his fellow U.S. scientists Brian Kobilka get the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2012 from The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Both scientists were entitled to 8 million kronor (Rp11, 5 billion) for their discovery of the jobs in the receptor G-protein-coupled, opening the way for the cell reacts chemically message. They have shown how the cells in the body respond to stimuli like a rush of adrenaline that helps the development of more effective medicines.
"Approximately half of all treatment moves through these receptors include beta-blockers, antihistamines, and other psychiatric drugs," said the Nobel Committee told Reuters.
Nobel Commission also revealed, understood receptors has provided a major advance toward medical research. "Knowing what kind of shape they are and how they function will give us the tools to (get) drugs are better with fewer side effects," said a member of the Nobel Committee Sven Lidin.
Lefkowitz, 69, is a professor of biomedical and biochemistry at Duke University in North Carolina. While Kobilka, born in 1955, is a professor of molecular and cellular psychology at Stanford University School of Medicine in California. In a teleconference with journalists Sweden, Lefkowitz said he did not hear the phone ring to get that happy news.
"I was asleep and the phone rang. I did not hear it. I must say to you, I wear earplugs while sleeping, so my wife who told me that there was a phone., And that was that. Surprise," Lefkowitz said as reported by AFP. (Alvin / newspaper Sindo) (/ / RFA)
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