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posted by mrpg on Sunday October 14 2018, @02:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the now-I-see dept.

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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.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 14 2018, @09:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 14 2018, @09:04PM (#748715)

    They removed the eyes from hundreds of children so they could cure colorblindness. I hope they at least paid for the children's guide dogs after blinding then.