2026 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine Goes to Optogenetics, Light-Gated Ion Channels

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The 2026 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their discoveries of light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. This is a recognition of fundamental scientific achievement in the field of neuroscience and molecular biology.

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Published by GEN - Genetic Engineering & Biotech News on October 5, 2026 1:24 PM

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