WorldPingThe Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to U.S. psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their work in the field of optogenetics.
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Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio who developed optogenetics
US-German trio wins medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics
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