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im not debating its importance - as for the genetically modified part -i will give you that they werent modified at embryo stage as is typically the case in GM
by kamakazizuru 13y ago
im not debating its importance - as for the genetically modified part -i will give you that they werent modified at embryo stage as is typically the case in GM Species. The virus did not deliver rhodopsin - but additional genes that allowed the cells of the rats to encode the optogenetic proteins. That is by all means a genetic modification. It wasnt just a drug injection or something!
- return0 13y agoSorry, i hadn't read the actual paper until now. Actually they did use transgenic GM mice, which allow the expression of rhodopsin in activated cells. While the title of the article is not very revealing, it's pretty close to what they did, although by no means did they "use lasers to implant a memory", they used a lot of other stuff too.
- kamakazizuru 13y agoyes that was precisely my point. No sense commenting on an article if you havent read what it talks about.
- return0 13y agoyeah, but you did