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Nobel Prize for insight in neuron stimulation

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This year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to three researcher that have developed methods to stimulate neurons by a combination of optics and genetics. The approach may be used in the future to treat conditions such as blindness, depression, addiction, and dementia.

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