Biology news of the week – 6 October 2026
EU Biotech Act, €10 billion for biotech, FP10, gene-edited plants, the UN biodiversity summit COP17, the Nobel Prize and the Ig Nobel Prizes: a short weekly selection.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 honours optogenetics
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine honours the discovery of light-activated ion channels and the development of optogenetics: Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth.
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