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Fish eyes to help understand human inherited blindness

Discovery of a gene in zebrafish that triggers congenital blindness could lead to a suitable cure for similar disease in humans.

Aipl1 is required for cone photoreceptor function and survival through the stability of Pde6c and Gc3 in zebrafish, Maria Iribarne, Yuko Nishiwaki, Shohei Nakamura, Masato Araragi, Eri Oguri & Ichiro Masai, Scientific Reports, doi: 10.1038/srep45962, published online 5 April 2017.

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