Nobel Prize-winning optogenetics helps some blind patients regain partial vision in study
Optogenetics has been used to partially restore vision in blind people, and new results show that the Nobel Prize-winning technique works.
SwedenOptogenetics has been used to partially restore vision in blind people, and new results show that the Nobel Prize-winning technique works.
SwedenThe research, which is being awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine, could pave the way for new treatments for epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and depression. It is one of the biggest breakthroughs in neuroscience, says Professor Emeritus Merab Kokaia.
SwedenKarl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Their research has made it possible to control and monitor individual cells using light.
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