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Optogenetic therapy shows promise for restoring vision
Original: Optogenetic therapy shows promise for vision restoration
An optogenetic therapy that uses light-sensitive proteins to make retinal cells respond to light is being reported as a promising approach to restoring vision in people with degenerative eye disease. The treatment aims to bypass damaged photoreceptors, and observers in the science press are highlighting it as a notable step toward clinical therapies for blindness.
Why now: New reporting on a gene-based light therapy for vision loss has drawn attention to a potential treatment for degenerative blindness.
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- Optogenetic therapy shows promise for vision restoration · Physics World
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