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Molecular Interactions Keep Vision Clear

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Kevin Robinson

Researchers have uncovered a key molecular interaction that affects the clarity of the lens in the eye and that may play a role in the formation of cataracts, a clouding of the lens that can lead to blindness. The results may eventually lead to cataract treatments that do not involve surgically replacing the lens. Researchers have discovered that a weak attraction between two of the three crystallins that make up the lens in the eyes of mammals keeps the lens transparent, as shown in this 3-D model (left) and in slices from that model (right). No attraction (top) between the alpha (red...Read full article

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    Published: January 2008
    Basic ScienceBiophotonicslensesmolecular interactionNews & FeaturesOptics

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