German and US scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for research on brain activity
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the award for discoveries that provide new insights into how we might treat blindness, depression…
DW reports: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the award for discoveries that provide new insights into how we might treat blindness, depression, addiction and dementia.
The story is also being covered by NPR. NPR adds that the Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells.
This science story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Nobel Prize, German and Karl Deisseroth.
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- DWGerman and US scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for research on brain activity
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