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  "title": "Nobel prize in medicine 2026 awarded for research into mysteries of brain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/nobel-prize-in-medicine-2026-awarded-for-research-into-mysteries-of",
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  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-05T09:52:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/05/nobel-prize-medicine-2026-winner"
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  "summary": "Three scientists to share 12m Swedish kronor prize for their work on ‘light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’ The Nobel prize in physiology or medicine 2026 has been awarded to three scientists for their work on investigating the mysteries of the brain. Karl Deisseroth of both Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University, Peter Hegemann of the Humboldt University of Berlin, and…",
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        "title": "2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann for work on optogenetics",
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        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to scientists who pioneered work in optogenetics",
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