{"id":"f3f7e7b1-280b-4998-8b4c-39341b9f9193","url":"https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2026-awarded-to-3-scientists-for-work-on-optogenetics-101791192988348.html","domain":"hindustantimes.com","outlet":{"name":"Hindustan Times","country":"IN","cred":3,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026 awarded to 3 scientists for work on optogenetics","plainHeadline":"Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 awarded to Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.","They are recognized for discoveries on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.","The prize totals 12 million Swedish crowns, shared among winners.","Hegemann and Nagel discovered channelrhodopsin, enabling light sensitivity in cells.","Deisseroth demonstrated blue-light activation of nerve cells in living rats and mice."],"topics":["Science","Health","Education"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T09:37:44.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-05T10:10:47.289Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/5912ca5a-9e34-4f43-b59e-e1bb3514e33c","storyId":"5912ca5a-9e34-4f43-b59e-e1bb3514e33c","image":"https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2026/10/05/1600x900/logo/nobel_prize_medicine_1791193496968_yGFV_1791193505407_BGjj_4ef1d83c-66c7-4189-afff-bacef5dbc27a_H6tF.jpg","author":null,"dek":"The three scientists were recognised for pioneering work that enabled researchers to control the activity of specific cells using light."}