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The Science Behind Nobel-Winning Optogenetics Explained

Original: The Science Behind the Nobel-Winning Technology That Controls Neurons With Light https://www.wired.com/story/the-science

Wired has published an explainer on optogenetics, the Nobel-winning technique that lets scientists control neurons with light. The article breaks down how light-sensitive proteins are used to switch specific brain cells on or off, a method that transformed neuroscience research and earned the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It is drawing attention from readers following advances in brain science and the technology's potential to illuminate how the brain works and to treat neurological disorders.

Why now: Renewed interest in optogenetics following coverage of the Nobel-winning technique and its ongoing impact on neuroscience.

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• The Science Behind the Nobel-Winning Technology That Controls Neurons With Light https://www.wired.com/story/the-science-behind-the-nobel-winning-technology-that-controls-neurons-with-light/ # Science # Neuroscience # Technology · wired@robot.villas · 7

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