Nobel Prize in Medicine: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel honoured for optogenetics
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FranceParis takes away from this Nobel the therapeutic promise of optogenetics, from brain mapping to vision restoration, with an emphasis on the clinical trial conducted in part at the Institute of Vision.
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AustraliaCanberra takes note of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, the laboratory tool: a light switch for neurons, born from a green alga, presented as a new era for neuroscience.
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Therapeutic framework
the narrative highlights possible treatments before describing the basic research.
Support from a French expert
the validation of the committee's choice comes from a researcher associated with the Institute of Vision in Paris, co-director of the cited clinical trial.
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AustraliaLaboratory tool
the narrative highlights the precision of the experimental method rather than its therapeutic applications.
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the scope of the method is established by quoting the committee itself.