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Optogenetics wins the Nobel Prize
Original: Optogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists ma
Optogenetics has been awarded the Nobel Prize, recognition of a technique that lets scientists control brain cells with light. Commenters are framing the win as part of a broader wave of technological innovations — from MRI to brain mapping and AI-assisted connectomics — that is transforming neuroscience and medicine's ability to understand and manipulate the brain.
Why now: The Nobel Prize announcement has newly drawn attention to optogenetics and its role in neuroscience.
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