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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CanadaOttawa recalls from the Nobel Prize in Medicine the journey of a tool: from a pond algae observed by a biophysicist to a method that allows questioning the living brain.
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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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Canadaby genesis
the narrative puts the algal origin of the discovery in the foreground before its applications.
Relying on the Nobel Committee
the interpretation quotes come from members of the Nobel Assembly.