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  "title": "Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to scientists who pioneered work in optogenetics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/nobel-prize-in-medicine-awarded-to-scientists-who-pioneered-work-in-12131161",
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  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-05T10:05:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
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    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nobel-prize-sweden-medicine-physiology-9.7366536"
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  "summary": "Scientists Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for \"discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics,\" the award-giving body said Monday.",
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