Wednesday, May 25, 2011

A Light Switch for Neurons

This is really interesting, but it IS 18minutes long. If you can spare the time, it will be very rewarding. It starts simply enough, and then after 7minutes it becomes jaw dropping. It involves retro engineering a virus as a genetic vector for gene manipulation. There's whole science that has sprung from this called "Optic Genetics", and the potential for research is big. Big of course is an understatement.



Courtesy of Ed Boyden on TED where you can find incredible presentations on a vast range of subjects.

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