Sentences with phrase «sensing cells of the retina»
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The downside is that people with these eye diseases are losing sight in large part because they're losing a different type of eye cell: the photoreceptors that sense light in the retina.
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The Montréal scientists discovered that a protein found in the retina plays an essential role in the function and survival of light - sensing cells that are required for vision.
It occurs when light - sensing cells malfunction in a part of the retina called the macula and block the central field of vision.
Human - induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be directed to develop into light - sensing photoreceptor cells of the retina.
The lack of color sense is balanced by the dog having many more rods, light - sensitive cells on the retina, than people do.
ERG - Electroretinography; a test done by an ophthalmologist to assess the functioning of the retina, the light sensing and vision producing layer of cells at the back of the eye.