Like all genetic information, the knowledge of the mutation causing Pingelapese color blindness will need to be used thoughtfully and responsibly for the benefit of individual patients.

Two gene mutations that trigger a retinal disease that causes blindness in one in 5,000 males have been mapped, leading to the potential for new therapeutic treatments. Researchers from The University ...

Figure 1: RPE65 immunocytochemistry in canine RPE cells and retinal sections. For expression studies, we divided the eyecup of the right eye of BR29 into temporal-superior, temporal-inferior ...