Nobel Prize winner John O’Keefe concerned over restrictive UK immigration policy

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The BBC reports that Nobel Prize winner John O’Keefe has warned the UK government that policies on immigration are risking Britain’s scientific standing. The US-born neuroscientist won the prize for research into the brain’s inner “GPS system”. He said immigration rules were “a very, very large obstacle” to hiring the best scientists.

Professor O’Keefe, 74, was awarded the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine on Monday.

KJ

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