Source 1primary paper2014Nature Communications
Toolkit/wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant
wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant
Taxonomy: Mechanism Branch / Architecture. Workflows sit above the mechanism and technique branches rather than replacing them.
Summary
The wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant is a delivery harness reported in Nature Communications (2014) to enable mind-controlled transgene expression. The available evidence identifies a wireless-powered optogenetic implant concept coupled to transgene regulation, but does not provide construct-level or device-level detail here.
Usefulness & Problems
Why this is useful
This platform is useful as a reported means to couple neural or mental-state-associated control inputs to regulated transgene expression through an implanted optogenetic system. Based on the supplied evidence, its value lies in remote, implant-mediated control of gene expression without further mechanistic detail available in this record.
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Mind-controlled transgene expression by a wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant
Problem solved
It addresses the problem of achieving mind-controlled transgene expression using a wireless-powered implanted optogenetic device. The evidence supports the overall functional goal, but does not specify the exact biological circuit, sensing pathway, or therapeutic context.
Taxonomy & Function
Primary hierarchy
Mechanism Branch
Architecture: A delivery strategy grouped with the mechanism branch because it determines how a system is instantiated and deployed in context.
Techniques
Computational DesignTarget processes
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Input: Light
Implementation Constraints
The available evidence supports that the system is an implant using wireless power delivery and optogenetic control to regulate transgene expression. No details are provided here on construct design, host organism, expression system, cofactors, implantation procedure, or hardware specifications.
The evidence is limited to the article title and a single capability claim, so mechanistic, molecular, and engineering details are not available here. Information on light wavelength, implant architecture, cell type, transgene payload, response kinetics, safety, and reproducibility is missing from the supplied record.
Validation
Cell-freeBacteriaMammalianMouseHumanTherapeuticIndep. Replication
Supporting Sources
Ranked Claims
A wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant enables mind-controlled transgene expression.
Mind-controlled transgene expression by a wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant
A wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant enables mind-controlled transgene expression.
Mind-controlled transgene expression by a wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant
A wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant enables mind-controlled transgene expression.
Mind-controlled transgene expression by a wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant
A wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant enables mind-controlled transgene expression.
Mind-controlled transgene expression by a wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant
A wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant enables mind-controlled transgene expression.
Mind-controlled transgene expression by a wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant
A wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant enables mind-controlled transgene expression.
Mind-controlled transgene expression by a wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant
A wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant enables mind-controlled transgene expression.
Mind-controlled transgene expression by a wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant
Approval Evidence
1 source1 linked approval claimfirst-pass slug wireless-powered-optogenetic-designer-cell-implant
Mind-controlled transgene expression by a wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant
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capabilitysupports
A wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant enables mind-controlled transgene expression.
Mind-controlled transgene expression by a wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant
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Comparisons
Source-backed strengths
The principal reported strength is the ability to enable mind-controlled transgene expression with a wireless-powered optogenetic designer cell implant. No quantitative performance metrics, validation datasets, or comparative benchmarks are provided in the supplied evidence.
Ranked Citations
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