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Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded for Optogenetics
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.
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New Scientist
The 2026 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Karl Deissorth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for the development of techniques for controlling genes with light
2026-10-05 09:37 UTC
STAT News
Karl 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…
2026-10-05 10:00 UTC