Can brain implants with lasers ‘reprogram’ our genomes?

Published July 17, 2019

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An article on Futurity reports on research by Josep Jornet, Michal Stachowiak, Yongho Bae and Ewa Stachowiak that showed that tiny brain implants can wirelessly control FGFR1 – a gene that plays a key role in how humans grow from embryos to adults – in lab-grown tissue.

"The potential of optogenomic interfaces is enormous," said Jornet. "It could drastically reduce the need for medicinal drugs and other therapies for certain illnesses. It could also change how humans interact with machines."

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