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Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for research in optogenetics
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology was awarded to Karl Deisserot, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegeman. As announced by the Nobel Committee in Stockholm, scientists are awarded for research on light-controlled ion channels and optogenetics.
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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology was awarded to Karl Deisserot, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegeman. As announced by the Nobel Committee in Stockholm, scientists are awarded for research on light-controlled ion channels and optogenetics.
Last year, American researchers Mary Brunkov and Fred Ramsdell and Japanese scientist Simon Sakaguchi received the prize for their discoveries in the field of peripheral immune tolerance.
More in detail - in the material "Kommersant" "Do no harm".
