# Nobel medicine winner says he ‘almost couldn’t speak’ after learning of award

https://mins.news/en/video/86992

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-05 20:18 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S1QRbXgeHA

> The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for research on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. Their light-based tool is helping laboratories around the world investigate how the brain works, the Nobel Assembly said.

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