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Optogenetics wins the Nobel Prize
Original: Optogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists ma
Optogenetics, a technique that lets scientists control brain cells with light, has been awarded the Nobel Prize. Commenters describe it as one in a line of technological innovations — from MRI to connectome mapping and AI — that are transforming neuroscience and giving researchers new ways to map and manipulate the brain. The award is being hailed as recognition of how engineering tools and biology together are reshaping medicine and brain science.
Why now: The announcement of the Nobel Prize for optogenetics has put the technique and its role in brain research at the centre of science discussion.
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