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Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for optogenetics

Original: Huge congratulations to this year's winners of the # NobelPrize in # Physiology or # Medicine ! 🎉 Karl Deisseroth, Peter

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing optogenetics, techniques for controlling genes with light. Scientists and research organisations, including the Max Planck Society, have congratulated the trio, whose work allows nerve cells to be switched on and off using light and has transformed studies of the brain.

Why now: The annual Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine announcement has just been made, drawing wide attention.

Karl DeisserothPeter HegemannGeorg NagelNobel PrizeMax Planck Society

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• Huge congratulations to this year's winners of the # NobelPrize in # Physiology or # Medicine ! 🎉 Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann & Georg Nagel are being honoured for developing # optogenetics - techniques for controlling genes with light. · maxplanckgesellschaft@wisskomm.social · 25

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