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US and German scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on light and brain | Reuters

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Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for optogenetics brain research

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control nerve signals in the brain.

Oct 5, 2026·4 sourcesBrain health & dementia researchersMedical innovationOptogenetics
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