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2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for Optogenetics
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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel. They were recognized for discoveries related to light-gated ion channels and the development of optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control cells in biological research.
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