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Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, a Stanford University professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine “for discoveries ...

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on optogenetics, which has revolutionized neuroscience. After being on many scientists ...

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Stockholm – American Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discoveries on light and optogenetics that have ...