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Edward Boyden describes how a harmless virus is used to insert Arch and Mac into cells.

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Edward Boyden describes how a harmless virus helps researchers bestow upon neurons the same photosynthetic properties of the Arch and Mac proteins with which they are injected.

Credit: MIT/National Science Foundation

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