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Blind Patient Recovers Partial Vision with Optogenetics
Blind Patient Recovers Partial Vision with Optogenetics
After receiving an intraocular injection of the gene for a light-sensitive protein, a 58-year-old man diagnosed with the neurodegenerative eye disease retinitis pigmentosa was able to locate objects on a table using engineered goggles.
After receiving an intraocular injection of the gene for a light-sensitive protein, a 58-year-old man diagnosed with the neurodegenerative eye disease retinitis pigmentosa was able to locate objects on a table using engineered goggles.
neuroscience, cell & molecular biology, clinical trials
Alzheimer's Drugs Harmful?
Bob Grant | Feb 20, 2012 | 1 min read
The researcher who helped develop an Alzheimer's treatment now in clinical trials warns that the compound may actually impair memory.