Achromatopsia is caused by defects in genes that control cone cells, our eyes' color-sensors. The approximately 1 in 30,000 ...

Born in Belfast and raised in Spain, he has a rare condition called achromatopsia; he cannot perceive color. His antenna, which ends in a fiber-optic sensor that hovers right above his eyes ...

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The most interesting facts about Micronesia, from giant crabs, a colour-blind island and the world’s longest-running ...

But Meagan Sims, an artist from Kitchener, Ont., lives in a world without any colour. She has achromatopsia, a rare type of colour blindness that affects an estimated one in 30,000 people.

Their ancestors have a high incidence of the autosomal recessive disorder achromatopsia, or total colorblindness, and genetic analysis of the Pingelapese has revealed the mutation responsible.

An Anthropologist on Mars details the experiences of seven individuals with neurological disorders ranging from cerebral achromatopsia to Tourette’s syndrome to autism, supplementing descriptions of ...

One-year-old Caydan Ziemba, has achromatopsia, a rare condition that makes it extremely difficult to see, with her eyes naturally not able to separate out colours and shades. But now, thanks to ...

In Old World primates such as macaque monkeys and humans, visual information about color is processed in anatomically segregated columns, layers, channels or areas. It is important to know to what ...

Its programs in clinical development include Phase I/II clinical stage programs in achromatopsia, X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, and RPE65-deficiency; Phase I clinical trials for radiation-induced ...