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    Optogenetics offers vision restoration by introducing light-sensitive proteins (opsins) into retinal cells. A new virtual patient framework predicts patient outcomes from opsin responses, aiding the development of sight restoration therapies.

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    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Neuroscience
    • Ophthalmology

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    • Optogenetics is a promising strategy for vision restoration in inherited retinal diseases.
    • Current clinical trials use light-sensitive proteins (opsins) to restore light responsiveness in retinal cells.
    • Predicting patient perceptual outcomes from ex vivo opsin activity remains a challenge.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce a virtual patient framework linking opsin properties to perceptual outcomes.
    • To predict temporal contrast sensitivity functions from microbial opsin photocurrent responses.
    • To provide a tool for selecting effective opsins for clinical translation.

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    • Developed a computational framework simulating optogenetically evoked neural activity.

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  • Quantitatively linked opsin sensitivity and kinetics to predicted patient visual performance.
  • Used the framework to predict temporal contrast sensitivity functions from opsin photocurrent data.

    • Main Results:

    • Opsin sensitivity and kinetics were shown to jointly determine perceptual outcomes.
    • Simulations indicated that increased sensitivity can impair temporal resolution, affecting perception of fast stimuli.
    • The virtual patient framework successfully predicted temporal contrast sensitivity from opsin responses.

    Conclusions:

    • The virtual patient framework enables quantitative prediction of perceptual outcomes from opsin characteristics.
    • This computational tool can guide the selection and optimization of opsins for vision restoration therapies.
    • The framework facilitates the development of next-generation sight restoration strategies.