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Science
of
scent
recognized
Oct.
4
,
2004
Scientists
Axel
, Buck
share
$
1
.3
million
award
for
olfactory
findings
Academy members
tell
The
Associated
Press
that
the
decision
to
give
the
pair
the
award
was
not
in
light
of
any
medical
or
commercial
payoffs,
but
rather
to
honor
their
exploration
of
one
of
the
humanity
’s
most
profound
senses
.
Axel
and
Buck clarified
the
intricate
biological
pathway
from
the
nose
to
the
brain
that
lets
people
sense
smells
.
A
whiff
of
an
odor
brings
a
mix
of
different
molecules
into
the
nose
,
where
each
molecule activates
several
odor
receptors.
This
pattern
of
activation
is
interpreted
by
the
brain
,
letting
people
recognize
and
form
memories
of
about
10
,000
different
odors,
the
Nobel
Assembly
said
.
Axel
and
Buck studied
mice
,
which
have
about
1
,000
odor
receptor
types
.
People
have
somewhat
fewer.
The
two
scientists
showed
that
about
3
percent
of
human
genes
are
devoted
to
producing
the
odor
receptors.
http
://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6167875/
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104
Press
Release
:
The
2004
Nobel
Prize
in
Physiology
or
Medicine
4
October
2004
The
Nobel
Assembly
at
Karolinska Institutet
has
today
decided
to
award
The
Nobel
Prize
in
Physiology
or
Medicine
for
2004
jointly
to
Richard
Axel
and
Linda
B
. Buck
for
their
discoveries
of
"odorant receptors
and
the
organization
of
the
olfactory
system
"
http
://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/2004/press.html
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gif
Odorant Receptors
and
the
Organization
of
the
Olfactory
System
http
://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/2004/odorant_eng.gif
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A
Nobel
for
Explaining
How
the
Nose
Knows
http
://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2026&ncid=716&e=27&u=/latimests/20041005/ts_latimes/anobelforexplaininghowthenoseknows
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