Protein In The Human Retina Can 'Sense' Magnetic Fields
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 16:00
in Biology & Nature
Researchers say that a protein expressed in the human retina, human cryptochrome 2 protein (hCRY2), can sense magnetic fields when implanted into Drosophila, leading to an interesting topic in sensory biology; perhaps humans have an innate magnetic sense.Migratory birds and sea turtles do, and that ability to sense the Earth's magnetic field is how they navigate long-distance voyages during migration. read more