New
York Times: Three US-based researchers have been chosen to
receive this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for
their work on the membrane-wrapped packages, known as vesicles,
that transport molecules inside and outside cells. James
Rothman of Yale University is being honored for discovering the
proteins that enable vesicles to dock and fuse with their
intended targets. Randy Schekman of the University of
California, Berkeley, identified which genes control the
cell´s tightly regulated transport system. Thomas
Südhof of Stanford University worked out how the vesicles
that mediate nerve transmission know when to spring into
action. Rothman and Schekman are both US citizens. Südhof
is a citizen of Germany.
