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Rewiring the Spine: How Light and Genetics Are Healing Spinal Cord Injuries

Discover how optogenetics is revolutionizing spinal cord injury treatment through light-activated neural regeneration and the JAK2/STAT3 pathway.

Charles Brooks
Nov 13, 2025

Light-Switch Genes: How Scientists Are Using Light to Control DNA Transcription

Discover how scientists are engineering photoswitchable T7 RNA polymerase variants to control gene expression with light, revolutionizing synthetic biology and optogenetics.

Isaac Henderson
Oct 25, 2025

Light-Switched Proteins: The New Frontier in Cellular Control

Explore how optogenetic protein degradation combines light sensitivity with targeted protein destruction to revolutionize cellular control with unprecedented precision.

Addison Parker
Oct 23, 2025

Designing the Ultimate Light Switch: How Scientists Engineered an Ultrafast G Protein Switch from Mouse Melanopsin

Discover how scientists engineered an ultrafast G protein switch based on mouse melanopsin, revolutionizing optogenetics and cellular control with light.

Layla Richardson
Oct 22, 2025

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