The discovery comes as a surprise to some biologists, but it may eventually help clarify why certain
human eye defects arise and lead to ways to repair damaged or diseased eyes.
Not exact matches
Damage to
human chromosome 9 (of the cell's 24 pairs) where the gene that codes for E-NTPDase2 resides is known to cause
eye and brain
defects, such as microphthalmia — literally, small
eyes.
Central to the study is the idea that rocks that appear dry to the
human eye can actually contain water — in the form of hydrogen atoms trapped inside natural voids and crystal
defects.
University of Dayton biologist Amit Singh is studying early
eye development in fruit flies to understand the molecular basis of retinal disease and birth
defects in the
human eye under a new $ 439,499 grant from the National Institutes of Health.
If your dog has a serious case of Collie
eye defect and has a major loss of vision, you should train your dog to manage without sight just as you would with a
human.