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OriginalSourceThe Japan TimesJapanLeanCenterCredibilityPublished09:34 UTCRatings: AllSides, MBFCSourceThe Japan TimesJapanLeanCenterCredibilityPublished09:34 UTCRatings: AllSides, MBFC

“Scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for work on ‘light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’”

Scientists win 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for optogenetics

Key points

  • Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win the 2026 Nobel Prize.
  • Prize honors discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.
  • Laureates named by Karolinska Institute’s Nobel Assembly in Sweden.
  • Prize amount 12 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million) to be shared.
  • Awards announced Monday by the Nobel Prize organization.

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