Ray Therapeutics Celebrates 2026 Nobel Prize for Foundational Discoveries in Optogenetics

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ray Therapeutics (RayTx) congratulates Drs. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel on receiving the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries involving light-gated ion channels that helped launch optogenetics. Their pioneering work established new ways to control nerve cell activity with light, laying the foundation for potential therapeutic applications. RayTx also recognizes Dr. Zhuo-Hua Pan, whose groundbreaking research in optoge