3 scientists share 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Three scientists shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine, the Nobel Committee at Swedish Karolinska Institute announced Monday.

The 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine went to James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Sudhof "for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells," said the Nobel Assembly in a statement here.

The three Nobel Laureates have discovered the molecular principles that govern how this cargo is delivered to the right place at the right time in the cell, reports Xinhua.