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UW Scientists, Biotech Firm May Have Cure For Colorblindness
An anonymous reader writes with news about a possible cure for colorblindness. "For the more than 10million Americans with colorblindness, there's never been a treatment, let alone a cure, for the condition that leaves them unable to distinguish certain hues. Now, for the first time, two University of Washington professors have teamed with a California biotech firm to develop what they say may be a solution: a single shot in the eye that reveals the world in full color. Jay and Maureen Neitz, husband-and-wife scientists who have studied the vision disorder for years, have arranged an exclusive license agreement between UW and Avalanche Biotechnologies of Menlo Park. Together, they've found a new way to deliver genes that can replace missing color-producing proteins in certain cells, called cones, in the eyes."
Every time someone finds out I'm dichromatic "How do you drive?" is always the first thing out of their mouth. To which I respond, "Red light on top, green light on bottom"
Then my brother-in-law, an environmental engineer working for the state, started asking about the new LED lights they are using which produce spectra that are more easily confused. "The red light is still on top, the green light is still on bottom"