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Nobel medicine prize awarded to Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel
Original: Nobel Prize in medicine jointly awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have jointly been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The trio's work on optogenetics, a technique using light to control brain cells, is credited with transforming the study of the brain and earning recognition from the Nobel Assembly in Stockholm.
Why now: The announcement of the annual Nobel Prize in medicine is one of the most anticipated awards in science.
Karl DeisserothPeter HegemannGeorg NagelNobel Assembly
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- Nobel Prize in medicine jointly awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel · France 24
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