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‘What took them so long?’ This year’s medicine Nobel winner is overdue

NatureMonday, October 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03094-z Nature’s senior biology reporter Ewen Callaway reflects on today’s prize for optogenetics — which scientists have anticipated for years.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03094-z Nature’s senior biology reporter Ewen Callaway reflects on today’s prize for optogenetics — which scientists have anticipated for years.
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Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03094-z Nature’s senior biology reporter Ewen Callaway reflects on today’s prize for optogenetics — which scientists have anticipated for years.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.

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