"But if we don't do it," Yang Ping looked at him, "M7 may suffer from chronic pain while regaining motor functions. Would you want to see it trembling in pain while walking? Before having an effective solution at the molecular level, this is the best approach."
Tang Shun opened his mouth but said nothing.
Weber broke the silence, "Professor Yang, theoretically, your plan is valid. But the application of optogenetics in primate spinal cords has no precedent. We need to conduct a lot of pre-experiments to verify the targeting of the virus vector, the depth of light stimulation, and long-term safety."
"I know," Yang Ping said, "so we proceed in two steps. The first step is to verify in vitro, testing the transfection efficiency of the virus vector and the effect of light stimulation on spinal cord tissue sections of M7. The second step, if successful in vitro, then conduct in vivo experiments on M7."
