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A visit with Kristina Narfström, Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
Preventing Blindness
Topics:
photoreceptor
vitamins
Narfström discusses various treatment measures for blindness. The prevention of photoreceptor death, she says, can be treated with different proteins and vitamins, or new cells may be inserted in the retina to replace the dying cells.