Japanese researchers successfully treat blind mice with green algae gene

researchers at Tohoku University in Japan successfully restoredvision
in mice by implanting the green algae gene into the retina of a blind mouseThis technique is expected to be applied to the treatment ofof eyediseases such as retinal pigmentation,macular degeneration, etcresearchers such as Hiroshi Fukuda, a professor of ophthalmology at Tohoku University in Japan,notedthatgreen algae have the ability to detect light, Japan's Daily News reportedThey extracted the "ChR
2
" genefrom a green algae plant that grows in a waterfield andand implanted it in the retina of mice blinded by retinal pigmentationin light,gene that causes a particular protein to continue to producethatto activate visual nerve cellsAfter six weeks of the experiment, the researchers experimented with moving objects around blind mice, and judging by their behavior, they had regainedvisionThe researchers also validated the results in a brain wave test in miceThe probability of retinal pigmentation is one in four thousandFor those over 50 years of age, the risk of macular degeneration in the eyes is about 1%The cause of thesediseasesis unknown and, in severe cases, can cause blindness