Contact: Peggy Calicchia
calicchi@cshl.edu
516-422-4012
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Sunglasses

Caption: Scientists test specially designed sunglasses to aid the vision of a dachshund suffering from dayblindness caused by inherited cone-rod dystrophy.

Credit: Photo courtesy of Frode Lingaas, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science.

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