Medicine Nobel awarded for technique to control brain cells with light
nature video · Published on October 5, 2026
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Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel share the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in optogenetics — a technology that allows researchers to control the brain’s neurons with pulses of light. Learn more about the winners here https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03091-2 - Produced by Shamini Bundell - Presented by Benjamin Thompson and Miryam Naddaf - Supervising Producer: Dan Fox Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday: https://www.nature.com/briefing
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