Premiul Nobel pentru Medicină a fost acordat în 2026 pentru descoperirea optogeneticii și canalelor ionice activate de lumină

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their work on light-activated ion channels and optogenetics. Hegemann and Nagel discovered channelrhodopsin, a protein that makes cells light-sensitive. Deisseroth introduced this protein into rat neurons, successfully triggering nerve signals with blue light, leading to the development of optogenetics. This technique has significantly impacted neuroscience. The Nobel Prize announcements for other categories will follow in the coming days.