Could adding light sensors to nerve cells help switch off diseases?

Optogenetics is poised to move from a research tool to new therapies-if scientists can show it's safe.

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Science
Published
2025-12-11
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aee6257
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Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
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Could adding light sensors to nerve cells help switch off diseases?

Kelly Servick
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Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
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Could adding light sensors to nerve cells help switch off diseases?

Kelly Servick
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Abstract

Optogenetics is poised to move from a research tool to new therapies-if scientists can show it's safe.

ScienceVol. 390(6778)
Openalex Percentile: Top 57%
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
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