28.8.2026 14:19
MEDICAL DAILY: Light-Activated Compounds Designed to Stand In for Lost Photoreceptors Restore Visual Behavior in Blind Animals
Spain
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia
Unknown author
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.