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Lab-Grown Human Retinas Illuminate How Eyes Develop Color Vision (scientificamerican.com)
55 points by ihsoj on Oct 13, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 11 comments



I wonder if this means that hereditary red/green deficiency is correlated with hypothyroidism.

As a severely green deficient individual however I'm glad there's still active research into this. Maybe some day I'll be able to experience the full color spectrum, not just the approximation I get with my enchroma glasses.


Years ago, someone sent me info supporting the idea that zinc deficiency impairs vision, specifically suppressing perception of the color green.


Why, when we read articles about lab-grown human body parts, are we never given a single photo?


It's because these "lab-grown human body parts" are in fact organoids, which have the correct microanatomical features but do not at all look like the full-scale organs we are used to from biology class.


They don't look like what laypeople would expect them to look like? All the more reason for a photo.


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I feel like a journalist with a master's degree in neuroscience probably knows quite a bit about performing actual investigation. Do we need to have pictures with every story?


No, definitely not, but sometimes a visual can help people take science more seriously. If advances like lab grown organs are only ever written about, that's more people who will see science as mystical or perhaps even fake. As they say, a photo is worth a thousand words.

I am just curious as to what the process really looks like.


Also: I'd like to see the photo so that I can evaluate claims in context myself. Text leaves too much to imagination.

Not putting actual, real photos or videos in media reporting can and does easily lead to overhyping things. For an extreme example, consider the Magic Leap debacle.


It is probably quite tough to get news-ready rights-released photos from academic institutions on a news schedule. I hope you do some more deep diving into the subject matter, as it's easily findable and stunningly beautiful: https://www.google.com/search?q=lab+grown+retinas


> as it's easily findable

So why didn't the person who's job it is to inform us do it.


The person whose job it is to inform you is... you




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