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2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine Honors Breakthrough That Lets Scientists Control the Brain With Light
An algal protein helped scientists reactivate a fear memory in mice, turning light into a tool for testing what specific ...
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for the work that led to optogenetics, a method that shows how nerve cells shape memories, ...
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Scientists can now switch brain cells on and off with light and the discovery just won a Nobel Prize
Three scientists have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering how to control nerve cells using light. The ...
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering ...
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering ...
The 2026 Nobel prize in Medicine recognises a ground-breaking progress in neurology which could help treat Parkinson's and several mental health disorders ...
On October 5, 2026, the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine were announced. While sometimes called the ...
Scientists have uncovered an unexpected culprit behind sleep loss in Alzheimer’s disease: overactive immune cells in the ...
What if the brain evolved to serve the gut? Scientists at Flinders University are challenging a cornerstone of biology, ...
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries involving light-gated ion channels and optogenetics a technology that allows ...
On October 5, 2026, this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced.The winners are Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel.The reason for the award is the discovery of ...
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Scientists are growing human brain tissue in living mice—could this make their welfare harder to assess?
What happens when scientists start changing the brain—the very system through which an animal's mental states are expressed in behavior?
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