Work in mice will contribute to the study of hereditary diseases that lead to blindness
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 10:28
in Health & Medicine
Researchers of the University of Granada (Spain) have used a technique consisting of the induction of neuronal degeneration neuronal for intense light exposure in the mouse's retina that will be helpful for the study of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a group of hereditary diseases which lead to blindness and affect more than one million persons a year all over the world.