Nobel Prize in Medicine: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel honoured for optogenetics
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MexicoMexico City retains the 2026 Nobel Prize for the "light switch" that controls neurons and explains the formation of memories, emotions, and brain disorders.
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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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the narrative puts the formation of memories and neural circuits at the forefront, more than the history of the laureates.
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AustraliaLaboratory tool
the narrative highlights the precision of the experimental method rather than its therapeutic applications.
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