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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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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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How gravitational waves open up hidden parts of the universe to human eyes

How gravitational waves open up hidden parts of the universe to human eyes

Did you feel it? On May 21, 2019, the mass of eight suns disappeared. In a universe like ours, where mass and energy are conserved, mass cannot disappear without consequences: this is how, when two distant black holes merged, the entire universe vibrated. A powerful gravitational shock wave traveled outward from the meltdown, spanning billions …

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