Thursday, April 7, 2011

Scientists Grow an Eye in a Petri Dish [Video]

A Japanese research team has successfully grown a "rudimentary" mouse eye in a petri dish using stem cells. This has many implications for future research and curing blindness. Above is a time-lapse video of the stem sells spontaneously organizing into an "optic cup"—the precursor to an eye. Now they need to grow a little pair of Ray Bans in a petri dish and we'll have the coolest mouse in the world. [Video via The Guardian] More »


Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/_RzFsX2e_rk/scientists-grow-an-eye-in-a-petri-dish

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