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Optogenetics Claimed as Nobel-Winning Technique for Switching Genes with Light

Original: The new field of optogenetics won the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine. Very cool technique to switch genes on an

Optogenetics, a technique that lets scientists switch genes and neurons on and off using light, is being celebrated as a Nobel Prize-winning advance in physiology or medicine. A science writer who covered the field from its early days around 2004 recalls conversations with one of its inventors, Stanford bioengineer Karl Deisseroth, describing the method as a breakthrough in controlling cells with light.

Why now: People are discussing the recognition of optogenetics at Nobel level and the legacy of its inventor Karl Deisseroth.

Karl DeisserothoptogeneticsNobel PrizeStanford University

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• The new field of optogenetics won the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine. Very cool technique to switch genes on and off with light. I recall I began writing about it sometime around 2004 and had a bunch of conversations with one of its inventors, Karl Deisseroth - now a… · brianvastag@mas.to · 6

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