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Nobel Prize in Medicine for breakthrough in brain research

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This year's Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to American Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel. The neuroscientists win the prize for their discoveries in the field of optogenetics. Optogenetics is an advanced technique that allows neuroscientists to control nerve cells.

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