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2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to US scientist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for “their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics”.

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05 October 2026•Update: 05 October 2026

2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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36th anniversary of the reunification of the two Germanys

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