STAT | Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Follow STAT+: In small trial, optogenetics restores some vision lost to retinitis pigmentosa About half of the patients in a study regained photosensitivity in their vision, showing the promise of optogenetics. https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/07/optogenetics-restores-some-vision-retinitis-pigmentosa/ statnews.com