Nobel medicine prize honours US and German scientists for optogenetics work
The winners of the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics will be announced in the week.
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Read the full report at Hacker NewsThe winners of the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics will be announced in the week.
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WorldPingThe Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells.
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A method that controls nerve signals with light, developed by an American and two Germans, has provided greater understanding of Alzheimer’s and is used in efforts to restore sight.
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WorldPingUS psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded for their work.
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