Cause of a hereditary form of blindness discovered
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 05:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers in Germany have found the cause of a hereditary, progressive form of blindness: they have identified the previously unknown protein CCDC66, the loss of which initially leads to night blindness and in due course usually results in complete blindness.
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