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Nobel Prize in Medicine jointly awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel
Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for research into brain activity
Nobel Prize awarded for revealing inner workings of the brain
Nobel for medicine awarded to 3 scientists for work that helps map the brain
Nobel medicine prize honours US and German scientists for optogenetics work
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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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WorldPingKarl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel are the joint recipients of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics," the…
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The winners of the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics will be announced in the week.
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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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Nobel Prize in Medicine jointly awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel — full report at France 24.
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