Nobel Prize in Medicine: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel honoured for optogenetics
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United KingdomLondon takes from the Nobel in optogenetics a promise of brain mapping, from memory to psychiatric disorders, with the restoration of sight as the first cited clinical application.
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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 only medical application mentioned is vision restoration, with no mention of animal models of brain diseases.
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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.