Nobel Prize in Medicine: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel honoured for optogenetics
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GermanyBerlin is first to reap the reward of a fundamental research project born out of a green algae, led by two German researchers from Humboldt and Wurtzbourg.
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ArgentinaBuenos Aires sees this Nobel as a medical promise for the brain: the Argentine press explains optogenetics, a neuron switch, and its potential avenues against Parkinson's, epilepsy, and depression.
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the narrative highlights the Berlin and German roots of the winners, with congratulations from Berlin authorities.
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medical applications are reported based on statements from the Karolinska, without external input on clinical trials.
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ArgentinaEducational
the narrative highlights the story of the algae and the protein before the institutional issues.
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the interview with the winner is based on a news agency dispatch.