Nobel Prize in Medicine: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel honoured for optogenetics
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SwedenStockholm retains from this Nobel the therapeutic promise of optogenetics for depression, epilepsy, and vision, while recalling that no human application has yet been established outside of ophthalmology.
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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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Cautious clinical
the news articles prioritize the timeframe before any human application.
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the narrative highlights the connection of a laureate to a Swedish university.
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the scope of the discovery is mainly conveyed through the voice of the Nobel Committee president.
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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.