2003年10月8日,瑞典皇家科学院宣布,将2003年诺贝尔化学奖授予美国霍普金斯大学教授彼得·阿格雷和洛克菲勒大学教授罗德里克·麦金农,以奖励他们关于细胞膜通道的重大发现。彼得·阿格雷由于发现了细胞膜上的水通道而获奖。早在19世纪中期,科学家就猜测细胞膜有允许水分和盐分 On October 8, 2003, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Professor Peter Agrey of the Hopkins University and Rodriek McKinnon, Professor of the Rockefeller University, to reward them with regard to the membrane channel major discovery. Peter Agrell was awarded for discovering the water channel on the cell membrane. As early as the middle of the 19th century, scientists had speculated that cell membranes allow moisture and salt