Tag: Optogenetics

A white laboratory rat with an illuminated fiber optic implant on its head.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026

Each year I like to document the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine here on SBM – it’s a great reminder of the power of science to transform medicine. There is nothing like it in so-called “alternative medicine”, which is still peddling basically the same snake oil and energy nonsense of previous centuries, just with updated marketing. This year the prize goes...

/ October 7, 2026