Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel Win 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine

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Optogenetics allows scientists to switch the activity of individual nerve cells on or off in a living brain using light. STOCKHOLM: American scientist Karl Deisseroth and German researchers Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that transformed scientists’ understanding of how light can control nerve […]