Researchers say their experimental gene therapy was able to partially restore a man’s eyesight 40 years after he…
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A team of scientists has hacked a light-responsive protein into tadpoles, and used it as an on-off switch to…
Researchers from the University of Oxford have rewritten positive memories associated with cocaine in mice. The…
This is surely a sign that we’re living in the future: Researchers have just invented a remote-controlled LED chip…
If you work in neuroscience, or follow the field, you probably know who Karl Deisseroth is. At the very least,…
Imagine being able to control biological processes with your mind. A new experiment suggests this is possible. By combining optogenetics and cybernetics, humans were able to use their thoughts to alter genes in mice. In future, these mind-operated implants could be used to self-treat migraines, back pain, epilepsy,…
By using pulses of light, researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine have produced, erased, and restored…
This is wild. Chasing the elusive dream of curing paralysis, a team of scientists used stem cells and optogenetics…
Researchers call it the Fly Mind-Altering Device (aka "FlyMAD"), and to demonstrate the system's effectiveness,…
Pain is a hard problem. Sure, we can throw a little morphine at pain in the short term, but researchers continue to…
Neuroscientists are increasingly seeing the human brain as a series of modifiable brain circuits. As a result, a lot…
The movie Inception is getting closer to reality. By planting false memories into the minds of mice, neuroscientists…
What if you could control somebody's desires using a wireless device? It's not a Larry Niven novel — it's today's…
A recent breakthrough at MIT and the University of Pennsylvania is set to make the spastic and jerky movements of…
Optogenetics, a brand new field of research in which living, cortical neurons and other cells can be manipulated or…
New research could mean no more droopy numb face after you leave the dentist. Scientists are working on a precise…
What if you could treat conditions ranging from Alzheimer's to blindness, all with a flash of light? Researchers…
Heart cells created by Stanford researchers could lead to a better pacemaker: The beat of the cells is paced by…
The emerging field of optogenetics — which enables scientists to control your body's cellular function, using…
Over the past several years, genetics researchers have made great strides using optogenetics — the manipulation of…