Endocrine Abstracts

Optogenetics is the combination of genetic and optical methods to control specific events in live cells with high temporal and spatial precision. In 2010, optogenetics was chosen as the Method of the Year across all fields of science and engineering by Nature Methods. Two methods for the photocontrolled activation of apoptosis in cancer cells will be contrasted; one that relies on the development of externally administered biophotonic nanoswitches and the second, in which the ...