{"id":"56088539-df4a-43eb-bdc8-582af41f4de8","url":"https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/05/nobel-prize-medicine-2026-winner-deisseroth-hegemann-nagel/","domain":"statnews.com","outlet":{"name":"STAT","country":"US","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for brain research tool called optogenetics","plainHeadline":"Nobel Prize 2026 in Physiology or Medicine awarded for optogenetics","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel win 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.","They developed optogenetics, using light to control neurons in living brains.","Channelrhodopsin discovery by Hegemann and Nagel enabled light response in cells.","Deisseroth added the gene to neurons to trigger signals with blue light.","Prize amount is 12 million SEK (about $1.2 million) to be awarded."],"topics":["Science","Health","Education"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T10:00:11.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-05T10:12:47.291Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/5912ca5a-9e34-4f43-b59e-e1bb3514e33c","storyId":"5912ca5a-9e34-4f43-b59e-e1bb3514e33c","image":"https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NOBEL_2-1024x576.jpg","author":"Annalisa Merelli","dek":"Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel are the joint recipients of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, the…"}