Macaques reveal human-like genetic cause of inherited blindness, offering new disease model

An inherited form of blindness directly comparable to a common inherited optic nerve disease in humans has been discovered in ...
University of California, Davis

Identifying Genetic Causes of Blindness in People and Macaques

An inherited form of blindness directly comparable to a common inherited optic nerve disease in humans has been discovered in ...
University of California

Twenty-five years after the human genome project, a new era is dawning

Twenty-five years ago today, on July 7, 2000, the world got its very first look at a human genome — the 3 billion letter code that controls how our bodies function. Posted online by a small team at ...
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From human retina to artificial eye: KRISS creates a new standard for ophtalmic imaging

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS, President Lee Ho Seong) has developed a retina-mimicking eye phantom* that faithfully replicates the structural layers and microvascular ...