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Saturday, May 01, 2004
Spinach Protein May Help Eye Nerves To Fire
New Scientist reports that researchrs at the Oak Ridge National Laboratories in the US are closer to discovering if spinach proteins added to bipolar and ganglia nerve cells in the eye will help these nerves to fire in response to light. The research may lead to a potential but limited treatment for retinal degeneration. Possible problems with this method of sight recovery and the researchers' progress so far are discussed in 'Spinach pigments proposed as blindness cure' (New Scientist, 2 May, 2004).
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