Researchers Can Now Mind-Control Mice Using Optogenetics

Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology recently created cyborg mice that obeyed the instructions of their human overlords, ignoring sex and food cravings entirely, to make it thorough a maze. To do that, the team of scientists “hacked” into the mice’s brains utilizing a method known as optogenetics — a process during which … Continue reading Researchers Can Now Mind-Control Mice Using Optogenetics