Vinay Prasad slams Nobel for snubbing Boyden and Feng Zhang in optogenetics
VPrasadMDMPH · x · 2026-10-07
oncologist Vinay Prasad argues the 2026 Nobel for optogenetics snubbed Ed Boyden, Feng Zhang (also passed over for CRISPR), and the Wayne State professor who did the foundational work. He contends Nobel choices are subjective: optogenetics has no approved products yet, while life-saving advances like GLP-1s and TKIs have gone unrecognized.
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