12 days ago · Germany
German and US scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on optogenetics

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. CBS News, SABC News, Dawn, Phys.org Breaking News, South China Morning Post Asia, and Deutsche Welle All News are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to Germany. The first report grouped here was at 5 Oct 2026, 09:37 UTC. 11 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “German and US scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on optogenetics”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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American Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their discoveries on light and optogenetics that have helped understand how the brain works. The Nobel Assembly of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute medical university said Deisseroth, 54, Hegemann, 71…
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- First reported by Deutsche Welle All News
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle All News
German and US scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for research on brain activity
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
Nobel Medicine Prize awarded to US-German trio for work on optogenetics
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
Nobel Medicine Prize awarded to 3 scientists for optogenetics development
- New development reported by Phys.org Breaking News
- Picked up by SABC News
US, German scientists win Nobel medicine prize for optogenetics
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- CBS NewsU.S. and German scientists win Nobel Price in medicine for discoveries on optogenetics
- SABC NewsUS, German scientists win Nobel medicine prize for optogenetics
- DawnGerman, US scientists win Nobel prize for work that has helped understand how the brain works
- Phys.org Breaking NewsUS-German trio wins medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics
- South China Morning PostNobel Medicine Prize awarded to US-German trio for work on optogenetics
- Deutsche Welle All NewsGerman and US scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine