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Controlling the #brain with light earns a #physiology #Nobel
#NobelPrize in Physiology or #Medicine rewards —Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel—who developed our ability to activate and shut down #neurons in brain. Starting from studies of algae that are attracted to light, these and many other researchers built entire field of study that we now call #optogenetics: using light to alter the behavior of nerve cells marked by the activity of individual #genes.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/controlling-the-brain-with-light-earns-a-physiology-nobel/

Vanilla could help heal wounds

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.popsci.com/health/vanilla-heal-wounds/

"The decades-long pursuit of a treatment for Jenna’s disease followed a very different path. There was no single hero, no lone scientist seeking glory."

An excerpt from the new Atavist Magazine story by Mark Johnson, about a family that made medical history: https://longreads.com/2026/10/06/rare-disease-c3g-iowa/

#Longreads #Medicine #Disease #Iowa #Health #Doctors #Illness

At the 1904 Olympics, a marathoner took rat poison to win gold

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.popsci.com/health/olympic-runner-rat-poison-thomas-hicks/

🦎 NEW: #Salamanders and #zebrafish regrow lost limbs and fins by reactivating a cellular program after injury, forming a blastema of cells that multiply and rebuild bone, nerve, muscle and blood vessels in the right shape and size. #Nerves drive the process, and #evolution appears to trade #regeneration away in some cases for specialized traits.

👉 https://theconversation.com/why-cant-people-regenerate-limbs-like-salamanders-292088

#biology #stemcells #science #evolution #anatomy #medicine #research #animals #wildlife #nature

Medical researchers in Japan are increasingly turning to crowdfunding amid stagnant government support for scientific studies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/06/japan/science-health/madical-research-crowdfunding/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #medicine #crowdfunding

The following sentence from the article says it all… “All five ⁠people who have died ⁠from the highly contagious disease in Pennsylvania this year were unvaccinated…”
#Health #Healthcare #Vaccines #rfkjr #Vaccine #Measles #Disease #USA #America #UnitedStates #Virus #US #News #RFK #AntiVax #Medicine #Medical #SkyNews #Outbreak #Emergency #NewYork #American #RobertKennedy #Vaccination #Vaccinations

US measles outbreak: State of emergency declared in New York as cases rise https://news.sky.com/share/13595565

Un pochino come il gatto di Schrödinger che è sia vivo che morto il bugiardino delle medicine si trova sia da un lato che dall'altro lato della confezione e qualunque lato aprirai lo troverai lì.

#fisica #medicine

Before the first bite: A missing gut protein may set the stage for peanut allergy

For most people, a peanut butter sandwich poses no threat. But for the roughly 1.6 million children in…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #Allergen #allergy #AU #Australia #butter #Cell #Children #gastroenterology #Gene #Genetic #Hepatology #Immunology #medicine #Microbiome #MouseModel #PeanutAllergy #protein #research #rheumatology #RNA #RNASequencing
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/917887/

A Japanese infant's extra scrotal tissue concealed a 7-centimetre tail-like structure ending in cartilage and bone marrow - a case unlike any previously reported
https://www.medicaldaily.com/accessory-scrotum-hidden-tail-like-structure-infant-479571
A Japanese baby's extra scrotum beside the anus hid a 7-cm, tail-like stalk ending in cartilage and bone marrow. Doctors know of no similar case.
#wellness #medicine #casestudy

When anaesthesia goes wrong: a teenage boy went into surgery for a broken arm and emerged with brain damage - his mother was determined to find out what happened
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/11/anesthesia-brain-damage-death/688691/
A teenage boy went into surgery for a broken arm and emerged with brain damage. His mother was determined to figure out what had happened.
#science #medicine #neuroscience

A teenage boy went into surgery for a broken arm and emerged with brain damage. His mother was determined to figure out what had happened. #science #medicine #neuroscience

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/11/anesthesia-brain-damage-death/688691/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Mental health stigma may deter treatment seeking in Japan

A UC Riverside-led study of mental health stigma in Japan has found a striking gap between the need…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #depression #medicine #Mentalhealth #Nihon #PublicHealth #Research #Running
https://www.europesays.com/japan/102338/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/721953/ As state funding stalls, medical researchers in Japan pivot to crowdfunding #crowdfunding #Éire #IE #Ireland #medicine #Technology #universities

Still having nightmares and PTSD from the old, original Jardiance musical commercials from 2023.

This is a call for Help.

😬

#Music
#Advertising
#TV
#Medicine

The 2026 Nobel Prize was announced today and it’s a genetics thing. Yay, Mind controlled mice. The Nobel committees announced the year’s first winners on Monday, awarding the prize for physiology or medicine to a trio of scientists who the committees said have “laid the foundation of a new era in neuroscience.”

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, & Georg Nagel were awarded the Nobel Prize in #physiology or #medicine for their pioneering discoveries in optogenetics, a method that uses light to determine how cells operate in the brain or even to exert control over those processes.

Optogenetics provides opportunities for mapping the brain.

That’s how light went from being simply something we see to becoming a tool for manipulating neural circuits. So, scientists can essentially use light as a remote ON/OFF switch for selected neurons to observe what happens to behavior or brain function.

https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.cal.ur.science.pal/video/7693228143196310806

https://www.instagram.com/p/DeHsI_2Agyj/

#science #stem #nobelprize

Bayer Plans to Open $2.2 Billion Ohio Manufacturing Plant | Manufacturing News Desk

An artist rendering of the facility drug manufacturer Bayer is planning to build in New Albany, Ohio. (Provided…
#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Bayer #drug #drugdevelopment #Investment #Manufacturing #medicine #plant
https://www.europesays.com/germany/103805/

https://www.europesays.com/videos/105990/ Switching on brain cells: the Nobel-winning science of optogenetics • FRANCE 24 English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #Health #medicine #neuroscience #Nobel #NobelPrize

The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their pioneering work in the neuroscience field of optogenetics. In optogenetics, scientists control neurones by stimulating them with light -- potentially unlocking breakthroughs for conditions such as dementia, depression and blindness. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis reports.
#Nobel #neuroscience #medicine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b000LaR87I

Scientists ⁠to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 ​Nobel Prize in ‌Physiology or ‌Medicine for "discoveries ​concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics," the ⁠award body said Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/05/world/science-health/2026-nobel-prize-medicine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #nobelprize #medicine #awards

Japan wants a pharma boom. It needs a new strategy.

Japan wants pharmaceuticals and advanced medicine to drive its next phase of economic growth. But achieving that goal…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #covid-19 #defense #drugs #FumioKishida #health #Innovation25 #Japangrowthstrategy #medicine #MinistryofHealthandWelfare #SanaeTakaichi #ShinzoAbe #U.S.
https://www.europesays.com/japan/102112/

The new field of optogenetics won the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine. Very cool technique to switch genes on and off with light. I recall I began writing about it sometime around 2004 and had a bunch of conversations with one of its inventors, Karl Deisseroth - now a Nobel winner.

I miss my career sometimes but I don't really miss the 5 am October wake-ups to do Nobel Prize stories.

#research #medicine #science

https://www.nobelprize.org/

https://www.europesays.com/dk/179717/ US-German trio win medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics #Disease #Germany #Health #medicine #Nobel #Prize #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #Stockholm #Sweden #UnitedStates

Bl**dy hell… can it get any worse? I’m sure RFK Jr. will jump to everyone’s rescue if the plague sweeps across America…

US 'closely monitoring' after Russian laboratory worker 'dies of suspected pneumonic plague' https://news.sky.com/share/13595297

#Health #Russia #Plague #Disease #BlackDeath #Illness #News #Sky #SkyNews #Medicine #Medical #Russian #PneumonicPlague #Sick #Sickness #Bacteria

https://www.europesays.com/videos/105792/ German and US scientists win 2026 Nobel Prize in medicine #Euronews #Health #medicine #NobelPrize

What happens when GLP-1s mix with psychedelics? 5 Questions with neuroscientist Ali D. Güler https://themicrodose.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-glp-1s-mix-with

#psychology #medicine

Many youth with opioid use disorder miss out on treatment

One in 100 adolescents and young adults in the United States has an opioid use disorder (OUD) and,…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #adolescents #CA #Canada #Fentanyl #Medicaid #medicine
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/921701/

https://www.europesays.com/videos/105780/ German and US scientists win 2026 Nobel Prize in medicine #Euronews #Health #medicine #NobelPrize

Turning Japan's pharmaceuticals into a driver of economic growth will require regulatory reform, strategic investment and a stronger industrial policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/10/05/japan/japan-wants-pharma-boom/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #drugs #medicine #health #defense #sanaetakaichi #japangrowthstrategy #us #ministryofhealthandwelfare #covid19 #fumiokishida #innovation25 #shinzoabe

Simple urine test can accurately diagnose and track bladder cancer

A simple urine test devised by researchers at Stanford Medicine and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #Bladder #BladderCancer #Blood #Cancer #Cell #Chemotherapy #Cystoscopy #dna #Gene #Genes #Healthcare #Immunotherapy #medicine #oct. #oncology #research #RNA #Surgery #Technology #Tumor #UrineTest #Urology
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/917099/

Simple urine test can accurately diagnose and track bladder cancer

A simple urine test devised by researchers at Stanford Medicine and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #Bladder #BladderCancer #Blood #CA #Canada #cancer #Cell #chemotherapy #Cystoscopy #DNA #Gene #genes #HealthCare #Immunotherapy #medicine #oct. #Oncology #research #RNA #Surgery #Technology #Tumor #urinetest #Urology
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/921595/

"By counting all the ways that the regions of a baby’s brain interact with each other from second to second, Dr. Naci and her colleagues have found that the baby brain actually exhibits more complexity than a waking adult’s."
#medicine #baby #science #pagan
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/science/consciousness-brain-babies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVE.CPin.0aJSW7ubBAHP&smid=url-share

⚕️ Gesundheitsversorgung in Haft: Es gibt viel zu verbessern! - sagt der "Verein demokratischer Ärztinnen und Ärzte"💉

Wer im Gefängnis sitzt, soll medizinisch so versorgt werden wie jemand mit gesetzlicher Krankenversicherung. So steht es im Gesetz, aber damit sind Gefangene rechtlich gerade nicht gesetzlich krankenversichert, sondern die Vollzugsanstalten stellen ärztliches Personal bereit.

Wie es in der Praxis aussieht, hat der Arbeitskreis Knast des Vereins demokratischer Ärztinnen und Ärzte, kurz vdää, untersucht. Zusammen mit dem Verein Solidarisches Gesundheitswesen hat er dazu eine Broschüre herausgegeben. In diesem Jahr ist die zweite, aktualisierte Auflage erschienen.

Darüber sprach ich heute für @RDL mit Dr. Nadja Rakowitz, der Pressesprecherin des vdää.

https://rdl.de/Interview_Nadja_Rakowitz_vd%C3%A4%C3%A4_05_Oktober_2026_RDL

#vdää #demokratischeärztinnenundärzte #arzt #ärztin #haft #knast #gefängnis #medizin #gefängnismedizin #JVA #jvabruchsal #JVAfreiburg #freiburg #berlin #tegel #hamburg #santafu #köln #jvaköln #justizbedienstete #deutschland #montag #jura #jurabubble #medizinbrennt #medicine #gkv #badenwurttemberg #hessen #jva_gablingen #jva_burg #FrauenJVA

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#TopicOfTheDay: The #2026 #NobelPrize in #Physiology or #Medicine has been awarded jointly to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel "for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics".

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Nobel-Prize-2026-6ac390df3ffeaf9da8122ba0

"Russian lab worker dies of suspected #plague as 200 enter medical observation
The #pneumonicplague is caused by the same #bacteria as the bubonic plague, and can spread from person to person through airborne respiratory droplets."

#Disease #Contagion #Pandemic #Science #Vaccine #Medicine #Russia #UN #USA #WHO #CDC #EU #Canada #News

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/russia-plague-suspected-lab-worker-dies-200-medical-observation-rcna601559

Huge congratulations to this year's winners of the #NobelPrize in #Physiology or #Medicine! 🎉 Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann & Georg Nagel are being honoured for developing #optogenetics - techniques for controlling genes with light.

Just got a phone call from the gynaecological surgeon with my pathology results. Clear for cancer, so whoop! No more treatment needed. We already had a dinner out booked for this week. It will now be a celebration. Enormous thanks to the NHS, which I remain in endless admiration of and gratitude to. #NHS #Cancer #Health #Medicine

Deprescribing: why doctors should regularly review the mix of medications older patients take, and what to do if yours is not doing so

https://kffhealthnews.org/aging/wamu-health-hub-audio-rx-checkup-deprescribing-how-pills-mix/

#wellness #medicine #aging

There's a term for reducing unnecessary or harmful drugs: "deprescribing." Especially as patients age, experts say, it's important to regularly review the medications they're taking.

#wellness #medicine #aging

Doctors Should Keep an Eye on ...

Deprescribing: why doctors should regularly review the mix of medications older patients take, and what to do if yours is not doing so
https://kffhealthnews.org/aging/wamu-health-hub-audio-rx-checkup-deprescribing-how-pills-mix/
There's a term for reducing unnecessary or harmful drugs: "deprescribing." Especially as patients age, experts say, it's important to regularly review the medications they're taking.
#wellness #medicine #aging

Press release: #NobelPrize in #Physiology or #Medicine 2026 - NobelPrize.org https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2026/press-release/

Awarded to:

KARL DEISSEROTH
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University, USA

PETER HEGEMANN
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

GEORG NAGEL
University of Würzburg, Germany

“for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics”

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for optogenetics — switching individual neurons on and off with light. A light-sensitive protein from pond algae became the tool mapping the circuits behind memory, mood and disease.

#science #medicine #nobelprize

LIVE: Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology is announced

The winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology is announced by the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.    #nobelprize #physiology #medicine #karolinskainstitute #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world:

http://fllics.com/zh/video/live-nobel-prize-in-medicine-or-physiology-is-announced/

There's a term for reducing unnecessary or harmful drugs: "deprescribing." Especially as patients age, experts say, it's important to regularly review the medications they're taking. #wellness #medicine #aging

https://kffhealthnews.org/aging/wamu-health-hub-audio-rx-checkup-deprescribing-how-pills-mix/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”

#nobelprize
#nobelprize2026
#medicine

DATE: October 5, 2026 at 04:30AM
SOURCE: STAT HEALTH TECH

TITLE: Opinion: Will Claude ever win a Nobel Prize for medicine?

URL: https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/05/could-ai-win-nobel-prize-medicine/?utm_campaign=rss

On Monday morning, the Nobel Prize for medicine was announced. This year, I wonder: Will Claude or a future artificial intelligence agent ever win the most prestigious award for medical discovery?

Imagine a future AI agent responding to a scientist’s insightful prompt by successfully identifying a completely novel approach to curing cancer, along with a detailed and actionable plan for implementing it. Given the toll of cancer on our species, I suspect few today would consider that a bad outcome.

Read the rest…

URL: https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/05/could-ai-win-nobel-prize-medicine/?utm_campaign=rss

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Japan wants a pharma boom. It needs a new strategy.

Japan wants pharmaceuticals and advanced medicine to drive its next phase of economic growth. But achieving that goal will require more than increased investment. Japan must overcom…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #covid.19 #defense #drugs #fumiokishida #health #Innovation25 #JapanGrowthStrategy #medicine #MinistryofHealthandWelfare #news #SanaeTakaichi #shinzoabe #u.s.
https://www.alojapan.com/1549049/japan-wants-a-pharma-boom-it-needs-a-new-strategy/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/318177/ Theater brings moments of childhood back to hospitalized Israeli children #Art #Health #Hospital #Israel #medicine #pediatrics #TheMediaLine

Theater brings moments of childhood back to hospitalized Israeli children https://www.byteseu.com/2425059/ #Art #Health #Hospital #Israel #Medicine #Pediatrics #TheMediaLine