Two U.S. scientists win Nobel chemistry prize

Doctors studied how cells pick up and respond to signals

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chris Seward Duke University’s Dr. Robert Lefkowitz, left, celebrates with colleague Mariano Garcia-Blanco at a party held for him Wednesday in his offices on the Duke campus in Durham, N.C., after it was announced that Lefkowitz was the co-winner of th...

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NEW YORK—Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for studies of how the cells in our bodies pick up signals as diverse as hormones, smells, flavors and light—work that is key to developing better medicines.

Those signals are received by specialized protein...

Published: 10/11/2012