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Optogenetics, the Nobel-winning technology developed for neuroscience, is giving cancer researchers an unusually precise way to probe how tumors respond to signals from the nervous system. Scientists are also adapting optogenetics to build light-triggered cancer therapies, although significant technical barriers remain before such treatments can reach patients.
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