Research: X and Y DNA swapping may occur more often than previously thought
It turns out that the rigid "line in the sand" over which the human sex chromosomes---the Y and X--- go to avoid crossing over is a bit blurrier than previously thought. Contrary to the current...
View ArticleColor-deficiency or color-blindness?
Color blindness could be considered a bit of a misleading term, because there are very few people who can't see color at all. Most people have what we call color deficiency or color confusion, which...
View ArticleFive things that parents should know about pediatric eye surgery requiring...
Healthy eyes play an important role in a child's development, and sometimes more than just a new pair of glasses may be required.
View ArticleLab grown retinal cells provide clues to color blindness treatment
Researchers have grown human retinal cells in the laboratories and thus attempted to understand the basis of color vision and its development in humans. The results showed that certain hormones are...
View ArticleResearchers conclude that EnChroma's glasses do not improve results of...
In Europe, 8 % of the male population and 0.5 % of the female population present a congenital anomaly in their color vision, commonly known as color-blindness.
View ArticleYour school assignment for the day: Spelling and specs
Daisy Leon struggles to sit still and read the letters on the eye chart. Her responses tumble out in a quiet, confused garble.
View ArticleResearchers test clinical safety of gene-based treatment for achromatopsia
People with complete color blindness are born unable to distinguish colors. They see less sharply and are highly sensitivity to glare.
View ArticleSpectral notch filters in glasses enhance color vision for those with...
A new UC Davis Eye Center study, conducted in collaboration with France's INSERM Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, found that special patented glasses engineered with technically advanced...
View ArticleGold nanocomposite contact lenses for correcting color blindness
Imagine seeing the world in muted shades -- gray sky, gray grass. Some people with color blindness see everything this way, though most can't see specific colors.
View ArticleStudy offers evolutionary insights into pineal color detection system of the...
Most non-mammalian vertebrates have a color detection system in the pineal organ of the brain that is located in a single cell.
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