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Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for research into brain activity

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The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their work on optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control the activity of nerve cells in the brain. The researchers, based at universities in Germany and the United States, discovered how to use specific proteins to make neurons sensitive to light, enabling precise study of neural circuits. Their groundbreaking method has been adopted worldwide to advance understanding of brain function and neurological diseases.

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On October 5, 2026, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University, Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University in Berlin, and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg. The trio received the prize "for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics," which allows scientists to control individual nerve cells using light. This method is now widely used globally to study brain activity and understand neurological disorders. Each winner will share a prize of 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million). The award kicked off Nobel Week, with subsequent prizes for physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and economics to be announced from October 6-12.

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Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for research into brain activity asserted

prize → go → activity

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. asserted

brain → award → cells

Karl Deisseroth, 54, Peter Hegemann, 71, and Georg Nagel, 73, have carried out research into light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. asserted

Deisseroth → carry → channels

They are based at universities in Germany and the United States. asserted

They → base → Germany

The Nobel Assembly lauded their work, writing on X that the method “is now being used in laboratories around the world to reveal the brain’s mysteries.” asserted

method → laud → mysteries

The assembly said Deisseroth is based at Stanford University in California, while Hegemann is at Humboldt University in Berlin and Nagel at the University of Würzburg, also in Germany. asserted

Hegemann → say → Germany

Thomas Perlmann, the secretary of the medicine committee, said he was able to reach all three winners by phone Monday. asserted

he → say → phone

The Associated Press’ efforts to reach the winners were not immediately successful. asserted

efforts → reach → winners

Optogenetics opened what the Nobel assembly called a new era in neuroscience, the discovery of a light-controlled switch to turn on and off nerve cells and circuits in the brain to better learn how it works — to start unraveling the pathways that lead to behavior and disease. asserted

that → open → behavior

It started when Hegemann explored how a single-celled type of green algae can swim toward light. asserted

type → start → light

He and Nagel discovered a particular protein that, when illuminated by blue light, opens a channel to create an electrical impulse. asserted

that → discover → impulse

Putting that protein into other cells makes them light-sensitive. asserted

them → put → cells

Deisseroth then worked with the gene that controls that protein to create a light-controlled switch for nerve cells in the brains of living mice. asserted

that → work → mice

Medicine prize kicks off Nobels week The prize was announced at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, kicking off Nobels week. asserted

prize → kick → Nobels

Last year, the prize went to three scientists researching the immune system. asserted

prize → go → system

Monday’s medicine prize is followed by the physics prize on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday and literature on Thursday. asserted

prize → follow → Thursday

After Friday’s peace prize is awarded, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced on Oct. 12. asserted

Prize → award → Oct.

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