Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to three scientists for their work ‘concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’
- The Karolinska Institute in Stockholm awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their research into light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.
- Optogenetics research enables scientists to switch on or off individual nerve cells in a living brain, the committee wrote, making it possible to reveal the brain's mysteries in laboratories worldwide.
- Award winners receive 12 million Swedish kronor, or about $1.2 million, as part of the prize money this year, whether for individuals, small groups, or organizations.
- Following the medicine prize, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced on Oct. 12, after the peace prize, with physics, chemistry, and literature awards announced this week.
- Last year, the Nobel Prize in medicine went to three scientists for discoveries about how the immune system identifies germs, findings Experts called critical to understanding autoimmune diseases.
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Why Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann And Georg Nagel Won The 2026 Nobel Medicine Prize
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has gone to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for research that changed how scientists study the brain. Their work on light-gated ion channels led to optogenetics, a technique that allows researchers
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their work on brain activity.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine, edition 2026, was awarded on Monday to the American Karl Deisseroth and the Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel.
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Medicine Nobel Goes to 3 Pioneers of Optogenetics
The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells. Karl Deisseroth, 54, Peter Hegemann, 71, and Georg Nagel, 73, have transported out research into light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, which...
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