Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Light Needed for Eye Development.

New research in Nature concludes the eye -- which depends on light to see -- also needs light to develop normally during pregnancy,” according to a Science Daily post. “Scientists say the unexpected finding offers a new basic understanding of fetal eye development and ocular diseases caused by vascular disorders -- in particular one called retinopathy of prematurity that can blind premature infants. The research, led by scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), appears online Jan. 16 ahead of print publication.” Read more.


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