Eye diseases; RESEARCH ON CHILDREN; developmental genetics

Lab-grown 'mini eyes' shed light on blindness in rare genetic disease

Lab-grown ‘mini eyes’ shed light on blindness in rare genetic disease

Newswise – Researchers from the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) have developed ‘mini eyes’, which help to study and better understand the development of blindness in a rare genetic condition called Down syndrome. ‘Usher for the first time. The 3D ‘mini-eyes’, known as organoids, were grown from stem cells …

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Lab-grown 'mini eyes' shed light on blindness in rare genetic disease

Lab-grown ‘mini eyes’ shed light on blindness in rare genetic disease

Newswise – Researchers from the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) have developed ‘mini eyes’, which help to study and better understand the development of blindness in a rare genetic condition called Down syndrome. ‘Usher for the first time. The 3D ‘mini-eyes’, known as organoids, were grown from stem cells …

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