By: Futurism After more than 25 years of searching, neuroscientists in the UK recently announced that they’ve discovered a woman who has an extra type of cone cell — the receptor cells that detect color — in her eyes. According to estimates, that means she can see an incredible 99 million more colors than the rest…
Scientists Have Reversed Age-Related Blindness By Deliberately Infecting Eyes With A Virus
By: Bec Crew/Science Alert A small and preliminary clinical trial has found that injecting a common cold-like virus into the eyes of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients – one of the leading causes of blindness in the US – can halt and even reverse the progression of the disease. The results will need to be replicated…