Magnetogenetics - Dr. Jacob Robinson, Rice U.

What does the future of medicine look like? Precision, precision,
precision. In the last few decades, neuroengineers have largely
relied on optogenetics to achieve single neuron precision, but
widespread application in the clinical setting has been hindered
by the fact that to get the tech to work you have to have a light
in the brain. Which is... invasive, to say the least. Enter
magnetogenetics, the next generation of precision neuromedicine.
By engineering cells that are responsive to external magnetic
fields, researchers have started to demonstrate that not only is
it theoretically possible to use magnetic fields to affect the
behavior of neural circuits, it will likely be a practical
technology in the clinical setting in the next few decades.
 We talk with neuroengineer Dr. Jacob Robinson about the
work his lab is doing, the state of the field, and how to escape
the generator function that creates technologies that rule us,
rather than the other way around.    

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