Scientists enhance the color vision of mice

Scientists have succeeded in enhancing the color vision of mice. I have no doubt that scientists will be able to find a cure for color blindness in future. This marks an excellent start.

Although mice, like most mammals, typically view the world with a limited color palette—similar to what some people with red-green color blindness see—scientists have now transformed their vision by introducing a single human gene into a mouse chromosome. The human gene codes for a light sensor that mice do not normally possess, and its insertion allowed the mice to distinguish colors as never before.

Link & Image: HHMI
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