Nanowire arrays restore vision in blind mice

Jing Tang; Nan Qin; Yan Chong; Yupu Diao; Yiliguma; Zhexuan Wang; Tian Xue; Min Jiang; Jiayi Zhang; Gengfeng Zheng

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03212-0

Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Nanowire arrays restore vision in blind mice

Jing Tang,
Nan Qin,
Yan Chong,
Yupu Diao,
Yiliguma,
Zhexuan Wang,
Tian Xue,
Min Jiang,
Jiayi Zhang,
Gengfeng Zheng

Affiliations

Jing Tang: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
Nan Qin: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
Yan Chong: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
Yupu Diao: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
Yiliguma: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
Zhexuan Wang: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
Tian Xue: School of Life Sciences and Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Min Jiang: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
Jiayi Zhang: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
Gengfeng Zheng: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03212-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The restoration of light response using retinal prosthesis could be a way to restore vision following retinal degenerative disease. Here the authors develop gold-titania nanowire arrays that restore visual response in blind mice.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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