Nobel Medicine prize goes to 3 Scientists

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, the Nobel Prize committee announced on Monday. They  have carried out research into light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.They discovered a protein called channelrhodopsin on the surface of the alga. When exposed to blue light, the protein opens a channel through which charged particles flow, creating an electrical signal. They are based at universities in Germany and the United States. The Nobel Assembly lauded their work, writing on X that the method "is now being used in laboratories around the world to reveal the brain's mysteries."

BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.” https://t.co/pkDDEBWtkz

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The laureates of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine are selected by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, the Nobel Foundation said. The Nobel Assembly has 50 voting members and comprises professors in medical subjects at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Its working body is the Nobel Committee, whose members are elected from among the Assembly for a three-year term. The 2026 prize carries Rs 11,50,00,00, with the amount divided equally among the three laureates.