{"id":"9ad48cff-135e-4d00-867a-c1db1c326d08","url":"https://www.newscientist.com/article/2591980-nobel-prize-for-medicine-goes-to-trio-who-developed-optogenetics/","domain":"newscientist.com","outlet":{"name":"New Scientist","country":"GB","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio who developed optogenetics","plainHeadline":"Nobel prize in physiology or medicine awarded for optogenetics","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["The 2026 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine goes to Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel.","The award recognizes development of techniques to control genes with light.","Hegemann and Nagel identified the light-sensitive channel-rhodopsin protein.","Deisseroth engineered rats to express channel-rhodopsin, enabling neuron activation by light.","Optogenetics enables precise control of neurons and potential therapies, including sight restoration."],"topics":["Science","Health","Education"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T09:37:07.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-05T10:15:46.551Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/b4c5092d-af4f-4c9f-ad9a-943437bdab34","storyId":"b4c5092d-af4f-4c9f-ad9a-943437bdab34","image":"https://www.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SEI_315391953.jpg","author":"Michael Le Page","dek":"The 2026 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for the development of techniques for controlling genes with light"}