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The Nobel committee awarded the prize to Karl Deisseroth at Stanford University, Peter Hegemann at Humboldt University of Berlin & Georg Nagel at the University of Würzburg, for ‘their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’.
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Discovery of light-activated proteins and their application in neuroscience wins Nobel prize in medicine
Optogenetics has helped researchers better understand the brain and is enabling new treatments for neurological conditions