Comments on: Curing blindness, with light-activated ion channels? http://neurodudes.com/2006/04/05/curing-blindness-with-light-activated-ion-channels/ at the intersection of neuroscience and AI. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:36:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Bayle http://neurodudes.com/2006/04/05/curing-blindness-with-light-activated-ion-channels/#comment-1542 Bayle Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:10:36 +0000 http://neurodudes.com/2006/04/05/curing-blindness-with-light-activated-ion-channels/#comment-1542 in utero electroporation! wouldn't that be dangerous to the embryo? I don't know much about the technique, but the abstract of <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/dbio.2001.0439">this article</a> says the embryo survival rate was 90%. I expect that other 10% would generate a lot of controversy, but I also wonder if it's possible for the technique to hurt the embryo without killing it, leading to problems down the line. in utero electroporation! wouldn’t that be dangerous to the embryo?

I don’t know much about the technique, but the abstract of this article says the embryo survival rate was 90%. I expect that other 10% would generate a lot of controversy, but I also wonder if it’s possible for the technique to hurt the embryo without killing it, leading to problems down the line.

]]> By: guest http://neurodudes.com/2006/04/05/curing-blindness-with-light-activated-ion-channels/#comment-1541 guest Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:14:25 +0000 http://neurodudes.com/2006/04/05/curing-blindness-with-light-activated-ion-channels/#comment-1541 For congenital disorders, waiting until the child grows up may corrupt cortex... maybe in utero electroporation, or some well-timed gene delivery, would be a good way to go? For congenital disorders, waiting until the child grows up may corrupt cortex… maybe in utero electroporation, or some well-timed gene delivery, would be a good way to go?

]]> By: Zack Lynch http://neurodudes.com/2006/04/05/curing-blindness-with-light-activated-ion-channels/#comment-1525 Zack Lynch Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:56:15 +0000 http://neurodudes.com/2006/04/05/curing-blindness-with-light-activated-ion-channels/#comment-1525 Nice research catch. Keep it up. Nice research catch. Keep it up.

]]> By: guest http://neurodudes.com/2006/04/05/curing-blindness-with-light-activated-ion-channels/#comment-1478 guest Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:56:26 +0000 http://neurodudes.com/2006/04/05/curing-blindness-with-light-activated-ion-channels/#comment-1478 The paper shows that channelrhodopsin is essentially safe forever. This could lead to optical prosthetics in a broader sense, driving neurons in the brain that have been infected with AAV or some other fairly safe virus. The paper shows that channelrhodopsin is essentially safe forever. This could lead to optical prosthetics in a broader sense, driving neurons in the brain that have been infected with AAV or some other fairly safe virus.

]]> By: biomedical student blog » Bionic vision -updated http://neurodudes.com/2006/04/05/curing-blindness-with-light-activated-ion-channels/#comment-1420 biomedical student blog » Bionic vision -updated Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:25:52 +0000 http://neurodudes.com/2006/04/05/curing-blindness-with-light-activated-ion-channels/#comment-1420 [...] Update: There is a brief post, made over at the neurodudes blog, on curing blindness in mice through light activated ion channels.   [...] [...] Update: There is a brief post, made over at the neurodudes blog, on curing blindness in mice through light activated ion channels.   [...]

]]> By: Neville http://neurodudes.com/2006/04/05/curing-blindness-with-light-activated-ion-channels/#comment-1387 Neville Fri, 07 Apr 2006 03:37:56 +0000 http://neurodudes.com/2006/04/05/curing-blindness-with-light-activated-ion-channels/#comment-1387 Hey Neurodudes, it looks like we've <a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/05/2329202" rel="nofollow">made Slashdot</a>. Man, channelrhodopsin is so hot! Hey Neurodudes, it looks like we’ve made Slashdot. Man, channelrhodopsin is so hot!

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