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Chickens outperform humans in ability to see colour
Washington, Feb 17 - ANI: Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that chicken retina outperforms humans in ability to see colour. They have mapped five types of light receptors in the chicken's eye. They .......
Published : Wednesday 17 Feb 2010 15:05 | Read More
Washington, Feb 17 - ANI: Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that chicken retina outperforms humans in ability to see colour. They have mapped five types of light receptors in the chicken's eye. They .......
Published : Wednesday 17 Feb 2010 15:05 | Read More
Glial cells can protect or kill neurons in retina
Washington, Feb 2 - ANI: Scientists from University of Montreal and McGill University's Montreal Neurological Institute have discovered that glial cells, which normally protect neurons in the retina can also kill them, resulting in vision loss and blindne.......
Published : Tuesday 02 Feb 2010 16:40 | Read More
Washington, Feb 2 - ANI: Scientists from University of Montreal and McGill University's Montreal Neurological Institute have discovered that glial cells, which normally protect neurons in the retina can also kill them, resulting in vision loss and blindne.......
Published : Tuesday 02 Feb 2010 16:40 | Read More
Scientists create robot surrogate for the blind
Washington, Oct 20 - ANI: In a novel study, researchers from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a remote-controlled robot called CYCLOPS- implanted with an artificial retina - which simulates "visual" experience of a bli.......
Published : Tuesday 20 Oct 2009 15:24 | Read More
Washington, Oct 20 - ANI: In a novel study, researchers from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a remote-controlled robot called CYCLOPS- implanted with an artificial retina - which simulates "visual" experience of a bli.......
Published : Tuesday 20 Oct 2009 15:24 | Read More
Scientists grow retina cells from skin-derived stem cells
Washington, August 25 - ANI: University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have successfully grown multiple types of retina cells from two types of stem cells, giving new hope that damaged retinas may soon come to be repaired by cells grown from the patient.......
Published : Tuesday 25 Aug 2009 13:27 | Read More
Washington, August 25 - ANI: University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have successfully grown multiple types of retina cells from two types of stem cells, giving new hope that damaged retinas may soon come to be repaired by cells grown from the patient.......
Published : Tuesday 25 Aug 2009 13:27 | Read More
Retina works like a multi-layered jigsaw puzzle of receptive fields
Washington, April 7 (ANI): Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found that the retina works like a multi-layered jigsaw puzzle of jagged windows called receptive fields, through which about 1.25 million neurons view the world........
Published : 07 Apr 2009 14:10 | Read More
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Washington, April 7 (ANI): Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found that the retina works like a multi-layered jigsaw puzzle of jagged windows called receptive fields, through which about 1.25 million neurons view the world........
Published : 07 Apr 2009 14:10 | Read More