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Device screens AMD susceptibility
A researcher at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, has developed a device that can rapidly screen a patient’s macular pigment density, allowing clinicians to better assess those at risk for age-related macular degeneration, according to a press release from the university. Shelby Temple, PhD, from the university’s School of Biological Sciences, was researching the ability of octopuses, cuttlefish and coral reef fish to see polarized light, which humans are not normally able to see, when he developed the device to display polarized light to animals. He realized he could (Read more...)