Discovery Of The Cause Of Hereditary Blindness

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Discovery Of The Cause Of Hereditary Blindness

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RUB Medicine: new protein identified Initially the occurrence of progressive retinal degeneration - progressive retinal atrophy, in man called retinitis pigmentosa - had been ide

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medicalnewstoday.com — “Medics at the RUB have found the cause of hereditary, progressive blindness: they have identified the previously unknown protein CCDC66, the loss of which initially leads to night blindness and inView full resource at medicalnewstoday.com

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medicalxpress.com — “Initially the occurrence of progressive retinal degeneration - progressive retinal atrophy, in man called retinitis pigmentosa - had been identified in Schapendoes dogs. Retinitis pigmentosa is the most common hereditary disease which causes blindness in humans. The researchers report on their findings, ...View full resource at medicalxpress.com

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