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Human Retinas Grown In A Dish Reveal Origin Of Color Vision
In order to see the red of a sunset or the green of spring leaves, developing human eyes need to get the right hormone at the right time.
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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 14 2018, @06:54PM (1 child)
Used to have 20/20 vision, but past 40s it deteriorated pretty rapidly.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 14 2018, @11:30PM
Just the opposite, have had 20/40 vision (need glasses for sharp distance vision) since high school--and now in my early 60s. One eye doc told me that my eyes were "off" somehow (don't remember details), but that this particular condition is very stable. That was 25 years ago... glasses from even further back are nearly correct, but I have had small tweaks in the prescription since then.