Washington, United States, Oct 6, 2026 (AFP) - American Nobel laureate in medicine hopes to illuminate the brain

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Nobel Prize-winning American researcher Karl Deisseroth is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and bioengineer who has spent more than two decades illuminating the workings of the brain to unlock its mysteries. The Stanford University scientist spoke to AFP about the Nobel Prize in medicine, which was awarded on Monday, for his work in optogenetics -- a technique combining light and genetics -- alongside German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nage......

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