Light exposure during pregnancy key to normal eye development
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 13:40
in Health & Medicine
New research concludes the eye -- which depends on light to see -- also needs light to develop normally during pregnancy. 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.