Flip News — medicine-prize news https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/medicine-prize/ The latest Flip News stories on medicine-prize. en-GB Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:16:07 GMT Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to three scientists for optogenetics discoveries https://flipnews.co.uk/science/nobel-medicine-2026-optogenetics-winners/ https://flipnews.co.uk/science/nobel-medicine-2026-optogenetics-winners/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel share the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. James Calloway nobel-prize optogenetics medicine-prize science-awards NobelPrize.org Nobel Prize week opens as medicine award is announced today https://flipnews.co.uk/science/nobel-prize-week-opens-medicine-award-today/ https://flipnews.co.uk/science/nobel-prize-week-opens-medicine-award-today/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The 2026 Nobel Prize announcements begin today in Stockholm, with the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet revealing the medicine laureate at 11:30 CEST. Sarah Whitfield nobel-prize medicine-prize karolinska-institutet science-awards The Straits Times (AFP)