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German, US scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on optogenetics

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American Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were recognized for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/10/05/nobel-prize-2026-medicine-optogenetics/92100516007/

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