Secrets Of Color Vision Emerge From Lab-Grown Human Retinas
A 291-day-old retina. Our ability to see colors develops in the womb.
Now scientists have replicated that process, which could help accelerate efforts to cure colorblindness and lead to new treatments for diseases.
Johns Hopkins University
That’s the finding of a team of scientists who studied how color vision develops using hundreds of human retinas grown in the lab.
The discovery, published Thursday in the journal Science, could help accelerate current efforts to cure colorblindness.
It could also lead to new treatments for diseases including macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss.
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