The Nobel Assembly at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute announced on Oct. 5, 2026, that the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ...

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This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to a pioneering neuroscience technology that may one day soon have ...

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Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel share the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on light ...

Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth turned a light-sensitive protein from algae into a tool for switching brain ...

In optogenetics, scientists control neurones by stimulating them with light -- potentially unlocking breakthroughs for conditions such as dementia, depression and blindness. Three scientists won the ...

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Oct. 5 for their discoveries in ...

The 2026 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for the development of techniques for controlling genes with light ...

Scientists Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg ‌Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or ​Medicine for "discoveries concerning light-gated ​ion channels and optogenetics," the ...

The 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine honored Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their work ...