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  "id": 12183171,
  "title": "‘What took them so long?’ This year’s medicine Nobel winner is overdue",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/what-took-them-so-long-this-years-medicine-nobel-winner-is-overdue",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nature",
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    "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03094-z"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03094-z Nature’s senior biology reporter Ewen Callaway reflects on today’s prize for optogenetics — which scientists have anticipated for years.",
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        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "German and US scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/german-and-us-scientists-win-nobel-prize-in-medicine",
        "published": "2026-10-05T09:37:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "German, US scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on optogenetics",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/german-us-scientists-win-nobel-medicine-prize-for-work-on-optogenetics",
        "published": "2026-10-05T11:12:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "German and US scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work that has helped understand how the brain works",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/german-and-us-scientists-win-nobel-medicine-prize-for-work-that-has",
        "published": "2026-10-05T11:12:19.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Bernama",
        "title": "World : German Duo And US Scientist Win Nobel Medicine Prize For Optogenetics",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/world-german-duo-and-us-scientist-win-nobel-medicine-prize-for",
        "published": "2026-10-05T11:22:18.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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