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Researchers have developed a highly efficient gene editing therapy that could potentially treat Stargardt disease, the most common form of inherited macular degeneration. This groundbreaking study,...
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Botond Roska and José-Alain Sahel have been awarded the Wolf Prize in Medicine for their pioneering work on restoring vision to blind patients using optogenetic therapy. The Wolf...
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Basel, Switzerland, June 22, 2023 --In recognition of their pioneering work on restoring vision to blind patients using optogenetic therapy, Botond Roska and José-Alain Sahel were today awarded the...
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EMBARGOED UNTIL 17-APR-2023 11:00 ET The findings may provide new insights into circuit abnormalities in autism. ...
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Media Release New sequencing method developed at IOB has potential to become universal tool of choice A new single-cell RNA-sequencing protocol developed at IOB enables the...
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Die Grosshirnrinde gilt als zentrale Hirnregion für bewusste Verarbeitung. Während einer Vollnarkose wird dieser Bereich jedoch nicht lahmgelegt: Bestimmte Neurone zeigen dann sogar eine höhere...
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The cerebral cortex is thought to be the seat of conscious processing in the brain. Rather than being inactivated, specific cells in the cortex show higher spontaneous activity during general...
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Ein internationales Forschungsteam konnte zeigen, dass eine optogenetische Gentherapie bei einem wegen erblicher Retinitis pigmentosa erblindeten Patienten dazu beiträgt, einen Teil der Sehkraft...
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An international research team has shown that optogenetic therapy has helped to partially regain visual function in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa. This is a milestone towards a gene therapy that...