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October 05, 2026 at 07:33 PM
Trio of Scientists Wins Medicine Nobel for a Method to Turn Nerve Cells On and Off With Light, Helping to Unravel the Brain's Mysteries
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
Three scientists won the 2026 Medicine Nobel Prize for developing optogenetics, a revolutionary technique that uses light to control nerve cells, advancing our understanding of the brain.
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