As if doctors could intervene in a diseased area of the brain without "disturbing the healthy cells around? A Nobel Prize-winning technology for Medicine makes it possible, in the laboratory, something that so far seemed almost impossible. Dan Mitrea, a neurologist who works with the Neurology Hospital "Pierre Wertheimer", explains, for the public ...
As if doctors could intervene in a diseased area of the brain without "disturbing the healthy cells around? A Nobel Prize-winning technology for Medicine makes it possible, in the laboratory, something that so far seemed almost impossible. Dan Mitrea, a neurologist who works with the Neurology Hospital "Pierre Wertheimer", explains, for the public ...
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026 rewards optogenetics, which pilot neurons by light. Its most advanced medical application aims at blindness: a first treatment could be allowed in the United States in 2027.