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Awards & Appointments · Question 60 of 63

Question 60

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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for discoveries that founded which technique?

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

Explanation

  1. Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel won for light-gated ion channels, the basis of optogenetics, which controls nerve cells with light.

  2. CRISPR won the Chemistry prize in 2020 and mRNA vaccines the Medicine prize in 2023.

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