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Nobel Prize for medicine winner 'had a hard time speaking' after news

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American Karl Deisseroth, a neuroscientist and psychiatrist, has won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with two German scientists. Their discoveries in optogenetics could reshape how we study the brain and understand how it processes information.

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All three outlets center on Karl Deisseroth and his two German co-winners, and all describe the prize as recognizing optogenetics or a light-based tool for studying the brain. The BBC frames the award as revealing the brain’s “inner workings,” while AP’s first item foregrounds a Stanford celebration and its second adds Deisseroth’s reaction, which only AP mentions. 60 Minutes puts the most emphasis on future impact, saying the work could shape how the brain is understood.

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