Cure for Color Blindness

Cure for Color Blindness
Nelson Hernandez III


US teams of scientist have been doing some research and have been successful in curing an adult monkey of color blindness. Naturally, they can’t sense colors like red and green, but now, this monkey can see them. Besides monkeys, scientists also believe that this technique can be manipulated and used to cure humans as well. It was thought to be impossible to rearrange an adult brain like this, but some theories are being changed. They were able to introduce therapeutic genes into the light sensory cells in the back of the eye. Color blindness is usually caused by disease and certain medicine side effects. The scientists and researchers are going to be setting up clinical trails with humans soon, but they are still testing and researching.

MONKEYS BORN FROM DNA TRANSPLANT!!!

MONKEYS BORN FROM DNA TRANSPLANT!!!

BY: Nelson Hernandez

Scientist and researchers alike have been searching for some time for a way for women to avoid passing on genetic diseases and defects. They have been successful in the birth of four healthy rhesus macaques. Although it is not a very safe technique, experts say that this method is new exiting. This experiment involved the transfer of DNA of two of the monkeys, both of the same species. In the future, scientist plan to use this method to stop diseases by stopping defects in mitochondria. About one person in every four or five thousand has a defect in their mitochondria. However symptoms may be things like muscle weakness, dementia, movement disorders, sight and hearing loss, and heart, muscle and kidney problems. This method still need testing before it is practiced.