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Three Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Medicine for Optogenetics

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Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for pioneering optogenetics and light-gated ion channels.

What's new · 1h agoAdditional details were reported regarding the prize opening the annual Nobel cycle and the specific backgrounds of the laureates.

Three researchers from the United States and Germany have jointly received the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were honored for their pioneering discoveries involving light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. The prestigious award traditionally opens the annual round of Nobel announcements.

Karl Deisseroth works as a psychiatrist and neurologist in the United States.
Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel conducted their winning research in Germany.
The laureates share a prize fund worth twelve million Swedish kronor.
Their work investigates how nerve cells shape feelings and illuminates mysteries of the brain.

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is the first of the annual Nobel awards to be announced each October, celebrating world-changing scientific breakthroughs.

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All sources agree that Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discoveries regarding light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.

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