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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 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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WorldPingThe Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to U.S. psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their pioneering work in the neuroscience field of optogenetics.
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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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WorldPingThe 2026 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for the development of techniques for controlling brain cells with light…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by New Scientist
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.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Washington Post
Nobel Prize in Medicine jointly awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel — full report at France 24.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
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