Fish Eyes May Hold Key to Regenerating Human Retinas
Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 13:51
in Biology & Nature
Research into retinal regeneration in zebrafish has identified a signal that appears to trigger the self-repair process, raising the possibility that human retinas can also be induced to regenerate, naturally repairing damage caused by degenerative retinal diseases and injury, including age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.