Algae protein repairs degenerative sight problems (4/6/2006)
Scientists splice protein from green algae into mice eyes to help repair damage done from retinitis pigmentosa.
Researchers from Wayne State University's School of Medicine used a virus to insert the green algae gene into genetically bred mice.
The mice were bred to lose cones and rods, the light-sensitive tissues in the eyes, to simulate retinitis pigmentosa in humans.
The gene controls the creation of a light-absorbing protein call ChR2.
After inserting the gene into the mice eyes, the light sensitivity began to return.
Unknown is how affective the treatment was, though the scientists know the mice had restored
a portion of there ability to see light, it wasn't known whether they could actually see again.
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