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Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Trio Who Developed Optogenetics

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel receive the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control nerve cells and has transformed neuroscience.

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Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel receive the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control nerve cells and has transformed neuroscience.

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