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Light-based brain control wins Nobel Prize in Medicine
Original: Controlling the # brain with light earns a # physiology # Nobel # NobelPrize in Physiology or # Medicine rewards —Karl D
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing optogenetics, a technique that lets scientists activate and silence individual neurons with light. The work began with studies of light-sensitive proteins in algae and transformed neuroscience, giving researchers unprecedented control over brain circuits in living animals.
Why now: The newly announced Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is a major scientific honour that is drawing widespread discussion.
Karl DeisserothPeter HegemannGeorg NagelNobel Prizeoptogenetics
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- Controlling the # brain with light earns a # physiology # Nobel # NobelPrize in Physiology or # Medicine rewards —Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel—who developed our ability to activate and shut down # neurons in brain. Starting from studies of algae that are… · BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io · 3
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