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Medicine Nobel awarded for brain ‘switch’ that controls neurons with light
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on optogenetics, which has revolutionized neuroscience.
By Miryam NaddafNature AI
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Originally published by Nature AI on Oct 5, 2026.
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