How pond algae led to a Nobel prize and a new way to study the brain

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Scientists who worked out how to control brain cells with light have won this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were honored for their research into "light-gated ion channels and optogenetics."

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How pond algae led to a Nobel prize and a new way to study the brain

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