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Nobel Prize in Medicine to be awarded to optogenetics researchers who sparked a revolution in brain research

Prof. Karl Deisseroth from the United States and Prof. Peter Hegemann and Prof. Georg Nagel from Germany won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the "switch" that turns brain neurons on and off with flashes of light. The breakthrough originated from a simple wish concerning algae that moves toward light, and with its help researchers have already restored partial vision to a blind person. Also: the researcher from the Weizmann Institute who developed tools for the method in Deisseroth's lab.