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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Looking for Light Therapy

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This microscopic image shows light-sensitive opsin proteins in the retinal ganglia nerve fibers of the neonatal mouse eye, helping scientists identify the role and importance of opsin proteins (like OPN4 and OPN5) in the developing neonatal eye. Researchers are looking for light-based therapies that might prevent or treat eye diseases like retinopathy of prematurity in premature babies or the condition myopia. The findings are published in Nature Cell Biology.

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