Retinal Prosthetics, Optogenetics, and Chemical Photoswitches
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Retinal Prosthetics, Optogenetics, and Chemical Photoswitches
Three technologies have emerged as therapies to restore light sensing to profoundly blind patients suffering from late-stage retinal degenerations: (1) retinal prosthetics, (2) optogenetics, and (3) chemical photoswitches. Prosthetics are the most mature and the only approach in clinical practice. Prosthetic implants require complex surgical intervention and provide only limited visual resoluti...
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عنوان ژورنال: ACS Chemical Neuroscience
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1948-7193,1948-7193
DOI: 10.1021/cn5001233