“If I am enthusiastic about something everybody around me seems to get enthusiastic about it.” – chemistry laureate Robert Lefkowitz.
“I once looked up the derivation of the word enthusiasm. It comes from the Greek and apparently, literal derivation means ‘a God within’ this enthusiasm.”
In 1968 Lefkowitz attached a radioactive isotope of iodine to the hormone adrenaline. By tracking the radiation emitted by the isotope, he succeeded in finding a receptor for adrenaline and studied how it functions. It was later discovered that there is an entire family of receptors that look and act in similar ways–G-protein-coupled receptors. Approximately half of all medications used today make use of this kind of receptor.
Lefkowitz enthusiastically shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Brian Kobilka.
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“I once looked up the derivation of the word enthusiasm. It comes from the Greek and apparently, literal derivation means ‘a God within’ this enthusiasm.”
In 1968 Lefkowitz attached a radioactive isotope of iodine to the hormone adrenaline. By tracking the radiation emitted by the isotope, he succeeded in finding a receptor for adrenaline and studied how it functions. It was later discovered that there is an entire family of receptors that look and act in similar ways–G-protein-coupled receptors. Approximately half of all medications used today make use of this kind of receptor.
Lefkowitz enthusiastically shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Brian Kobilka.
@TheNobelPrize