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Global Health & Biotech 05 Oct 2026, 11:03 PM IST

Nobel Prize Honors Scientists Who Revealed How the Brain Can Be Controlled by Light

The Nobel Prize has been awarded to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and German researchers Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for work that transformed understanding of the brain’s inner circuitry. Their discoveries helped create optogenetics, a technique that lets scientists control specific nerve cells with light and has reshaped modern neuroscience.

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Global Health & Biotech9h ago

G20 Health Ministers Back WHO Funding Push as Brazil Seeks Broader Pledges

Health ministers from G20 nations meeting in Rio de Janeiro voiced support for the World Health Organization's first Investment Round, urging all member states and partners to help fund the agency's new global health strategy. WHO says it has already secured 63 pledges worth more than $1 billion, but is pressing for additional commitments ahead of the G20 Leaders' Summit in November.

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