First Model For Retina Receptors Created

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Tue, 09/30/2008 - 19:00

Discovery moves scientists a significant step closer to preventing blindness. Scientists have created the first genetic research model for a microscopic part of the eye that when missing causes blindness.

The research appears in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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