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Optogenetics pioneers awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine

Original: The new field of optogenetics won the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine. Very cool technique to switch genes on an

Optogenetics, a technique that allows scientists to switch genes and neurons on and off using light, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Commentators describe it as a transformative method in neuroscience, and science writers recall covering the field from its early days, noting the central role of inventor Karl Deisseroth and colleagues in developing it.

Why now: The Nobel Prize announcement has renewed attention on a technique long regarded as a breakthrough in neuroscience.

Karl DeisserothNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicineoptogenetics

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• The new field of optogenetics won the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine. Very cool technique to switch genes on and off with light. I recall I began writing about it sometime around 2004 and had a bunch of conversations with one of its inventors, Karl Deisseroth - now a… · brianvastag@mas.to · 6

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