This year's Nobel Prize in the medicine category goes to two German optogenetics and a US researcher.
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Nobel Prize Week begins with the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Medicine. The award ceremony will take place on December 10th.
This year's Nobel Prize in the medicine category goes to two German optogenetics and a US researcher.
This year's Nobel Prize Week started with the announcement of this Nobel Prize. The winners of the world's most prestigious awards in six categories will be announced by next Monday.
They will each receive prize money equivalent to around 1.06 million euros. The prizes are presented on the anniversary of the death of the prize founder Alfred Nobel, December 10th - the Peace Prize in Oslo, the others in Stockholm.
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