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Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth win Nobel prize
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded jointly to Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. Optogenetics is a method that makes it possible to show how nerve cells shape memories, feelings and behaviours in the living brain.
Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth will jointly receive the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine says. The award recognizes a method that allows researchers to demonstrate how nerve cells shape memories,…
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