Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists

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Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists

NBC Los Angeles reports the award for brain-activity research.

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Stanford professor among trio awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for research into brain activity

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were recognized for pioneering optogenetics, which “is now being used in laboratories around the world to reveal the brain’s mysteries.”

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NBC Los Angeles reports the Medicine Nobel went to three scientists for research into brain activity. The choice fits a long arc of fundamental neuroscience, with the prize emphasizing evidence from basic lab work.

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