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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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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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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Canadaby genesis
the narrative puts the algal origin of the discovery in the foreground before its applications.
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the interpretation quotes come from members of the Nobel Assembly.