Sentences with phrase «into blind mice»

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Last year, Robin Ali of University College London and colleagues demonstrated that immature retina cells from newborn mice could form rod cells — a type of light - gathering cell — that wire into the retinas of night - blind adult mice (SN: 5/19/12, p. 13).

Photoswitches inserted into retinal ganglion cells (RGC) of blind mice produce much less variety of response (all evenly red means the cells fire at the same time), while blind mice with photoswitches inserted into bipolar cells (ON - BC driven) exhibit much more variety in their retinal response to light, closer to that of normal mice.

«This turned into a nice story of long - term restoration of vision in completely blind mice,» said Buck faculty and senior author Deepak Lamba, PhD, MBBS.

The team transplanted stem cell - derived photoreceptors into another strain of mouse, called CRX null, which is congenitally blind.