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Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for shining light on brain activity

Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for shining light on brain activity
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The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. Dr. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel carried out research that opened a new field with the wonky name optogenetics, combining light with...

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