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Our work with José-Alain Sahel's team and @GenSightBio on optogenetic vision restoration is now published in @NEJM

The treatment was safe in all 10 participants, with visual improvements in several patients.

📄 doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa…

#Blindness #Optogenetics #IOBBasel

I am very honored to receive the 2026 António Champalimaud Vision Award together with José-Alain Sahel.

I am grateful to our teams and collaborators, and to the patients who inspire our work.

🔗iob.ch/news-insights/…

#IOB #Blindness #VisionRestoration

Photo © E. Sigle

Our work on #MitoCatch, a system for targeted delivery of healthy mitochondria to specific cell types is now published in @Nature.
Very grateful to the team and collaborators, especially the first authors, @AyupovTemurkhan, @v_moreno_juan.

📄 Read more: nature.com/articles/s4158…

Don't miss the opportunity to apply to our PhD & MD-PhD Program 2024 on Translational Visual Neurosciences.

Applications are open until 19 November 2023: iob.ch/phd-md-phd-pro…

Our new study with insights on the early embryonic development of cortical circuits, using the para-uterine imaging approach, and the potential links to autism by @MartinMunz2 and
@bharioke is out in @CellCellPress: doi.org/10.1016/j.cell…