Lab-Grown Human Retinas Illuminate How Eyes Develop Color Vision

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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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