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Nobel Prize 2026 In Medicine Awarded To Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann And Georg Nagel

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries in light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.

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Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for research into brain activity

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The 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. Karl Deisseroth, 54, Peter Hegemann, 71, and Georg Nagel, 73, have carried out research into light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. They are based...