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Nobel medicine prize awarded to optogenetics pioneers
Original: Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio who developed optogenetics
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for their development of optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control the activity of nerve cells. The method has transformed neuroscience, allowing researchers to switch specific neurons on and off and study how brain circuits drive behaviour. The announcement is drawing wide attention across the scientific community and press.
Why now: The annual Nobel Prize announcements are a major global news moment, and this year's medicine award recognises a technique that reshaped brain research.
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- Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio who developed optogenetics · New Scientist
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