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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SwitzerlandBern notes that this Nobel Prize highlights the long journey of basic research, from algae to neurons, and slips in a local reference: two of the laureates had already been distinguished by the Louis-Jeantet Foundation.
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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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SwitzerlandSwiss
the narrative highlights the link between the prize and the Louis-Jeantet Foundation, established in Switzerland, among the elements of the winners' careers.
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SRF expresses the endowment in Swiss francs alongside Swedish crowns.