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Nobel medicine prize honours US and German scientists for optogenetics
Original: Nobel medicine prize honours US and German scientists for optogenetics work
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to scientists from the United States and Germany for their pioneering work on optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control the activity of nerve cells. The method, developed from research on microbial light-sensitive proteins, has transformed the study of the brain and is widely used in neuroscience laboratories worldwide.
Why now: The annual Nobel Prize announcements always draw global attention, and this award recognises a breakthrough with far-reaching implications for neuroscience research.
Nobel PrizeKarolinska InstituteUnited StatesGermany
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