Pioneers In Field Of Functional Genomics Work Toward Gene Therapy For Vision Defects

“Primates and humans have three photoreceptors and can only see four basic colors, red, green, blue and yellow,” says Jay Neitz, Ph.D. “Birds, fish and reptiles have four photoreceptors, allowing them to see things we cannot. They must see an entire dimension of color, including ultraviolet, infrared and all the combinations thereof, which we miss.”>>> Discuss This Story

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