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MEDICAL DAILY: Light-Activated Compounds Designed to Stand In for Lost Photoreceptors Restore Visual Behavior in Blind Animals

A research consortium led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia in Barcelona has developed a family of light-switchable small molecules designed to occupy the gap. The compounds, called prosthe6, restored visual responses in zebrafish and mouse models of retinal degeneration under ordinary ambient light.

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