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  "title": "Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to trio for optogenetics work",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/nobel-prize-in-medicine-awarded-to-trio-for-optogenetics-work",
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  "published": "2026-10-05T09:51:59.000Z",
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  "summary": "US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the prize for their work that helps researchers understand how specific cell types contribute to behaviors like learning, fear, addiction and movement.",
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        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to scientists who pioneered work in optogenetics",
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