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U.S.-Based Trio Wins Nobel Prize for Medicine

Honored for Cracking Puzzle of How a Cell Transports Crucial Cargo Such as Hormones

A U.S.-based trio of scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the intricate machinery that transports molecules inside a cell. Gautam Naik discusses the impact of this finding on biology and medicine with cell biologist Professor Mike Cousin.

Three U.S.-based scientists shared this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for solving the enigma of how a cell transports crucial cargo—such as hormones—to the right place at the right time.

The award was given to U.S.-born James E. Rothman of Yale University and Randy W. Schekman of the University of California, Berkeley, and to Thomas C. Südhof, a German who moved to the U.S. in the 1980s and is affiliated with Stanford...

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