Kann Optogenetik Blinde sehend machen?

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Panel discussion in English

Is the human dream of restoring sight to blind people coming true?

Optogenetics makes it possible to control cell functions with light. In this way, José-Alain Sahel succeeded for the first time in restoring some sight to blind patients. What other applications are conceivable?

Biophysicist Alina Pushkarev and biophysicist Peter Hegemann talk to ophthalmologist José-Alain Sahel about the development of light-activated ion channels.

Moderator: Jochen Müller

Price information:

Admission: 8 €, reduced: 5 €, members: 3 €