POSTS TAGGED AS optogenetics

Regenerating Insulin-Producing Cells in the Pancreas

Stimulating nerves connected to the pancreas regenerates insulin-producing cells, mouse study shows
“In a promising development, a research group [at Tohoku [MORE]

Optogenetics Control of Gene Expression in Organoids

Spatiotemporal, optogenetic control of gene expression in organoids
“Here we [Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin] combined optogenetics and gene [MORE]

Nerve Control of Hemorrhage

Adrenergic C1 neurons monitor arterial blood pressure
“Hemorrhage initially triggers a rise in sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) that maintains blood pressure [MORE]

Roboworm

Light-responsive nematode worms
As this piece admits, “biomedical applications may be too far away to envision” (though perhaps not for MAIN’s [MORE]

Electronic “Chip” Mimics Memory Process

Electronic chip
Physicists at RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia) have used a 2D material, black phosphorus, in making a computer chip that [MORE]

Photopharmacology and Optogenetics

Optogenetics
A greater share of research interest in cell signaling is devoted to the receptors on the outer surface of the [MORE]

Blue Light Pacemaker

Opto-Gen
Israeli researchers have taken a significant step toward a “biological pacemaker” using optogenetic technology. They were able to inject DNA [MORE]

Blue Light on Neuron Activity

Professor Won Do Heo Develops Light Sensitive Protein
You’ll have to go to the Nature Communications article cited in this piece [MORE]

Light Sensitive Molecule for Noninvasive Optogenetics

Optogenetics
“MIT engineers have now developed the first light-sensitive molecule that enables neurons to be silenced noninvasively, using a light source [MORE]

Optogenetic Device for Studying Animal Behavior

Wireless Micro LED Control Brain
Keep in mind that this technique of mind control only involves mice. . . so [MORE]

Optogenetic Switches Light Up Neural Networks

Harvard researchers have successfully transferred an electro-fluorescent protein, rhodopsin, to mammalian heart cells in such a way that the conductivity [MORE]

Light-Controlled Pacemaker

Light Controlled Pacemaker
Optogenetics (a term that Karl Deisseroth at Stanford coined in 2006) involves a gene transfer from algae [MORE]