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Researchers used human retinal tissue grown from stem cells to discover how cone photoreceptors develop, leading to insights into eye diseases like color blindness. Thyroid hormone signaling regulated the growth of blue-detecting cones first, followed by red- and green-detecting ones.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Thyroid hormone regulates development of color vision American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · Oct 11, 2018 · first to report
- Human retinas grown in a dish explain how color vision develops Johns Hopkins University · Oct 11, 2018