Light workout: Scientists use optogenetics to effectively stimulate muscle movement in mice

Sunday, September 26, 2010 - 13:07 in Biology & Nature

Researchers at Stanford University were able to use light to induce normal patterns of muscle contraction, in a study involving bioengineered mice whose nerve-cell surfaces are coated with special light-sensitive proteins.

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