Katarzyna A. Hussey

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Lab-grown retinas reveal how the eye builds its sharpest vision

Molecular and cell biologist at CiRC Biosciences in Chicago

The foveola is a sliver of tissue at the very center of the retina, and the researchers say it accounts for roughly half of human visual perception. It also has an odd composition: it holds red and green cones but no blue ones. Johns Hopkins scientists grew that region in a dish and watched it assemble itself, then described a mechanism that contradicts an explanation the field has used for about 30 years.

Updated Oct 31

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The goal with using this organoid tech is to eventually make an almost made-to-order population of photoreceptors.

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These are very long-term experiments, and of course we'd need to do optimizations for safety and efficacy studies prior to moving into the clinic. But it's a viable journey.

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