History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back REACTION OF THE HUMAN BODY TO EXTERNAL INFLUENCES: THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE FOR 2021 V.M. Tyutyunnik An overview of the scientific achievements and biographical materials of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winners David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, who shared the prize “for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch”, is presented. Keywords: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2021, receptors for temperature and touch, David Julius, Ardem Patapoutian. DOI: 10.25791/intstg.8.2022.1369 Pp. 03-10.