BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
The method neither necessitates genetic manipulation of cells or tissues, nor does it depend on the heat generation typically linked with the exposure to intense infrared lasers or the utilization of nanowires.
Check out our latest preprint on method for direct light-mediated membrane depolarization and action potential generation in excitable cells using an azobenzene containing photoswitchable lipid.
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