The eye of the apple snail is unusually similar to a human eye 👁️ but, unlike human eyes, it can regrow itself if injured or even amputated. The snail has potential as a model organism to study eye regeneration 🔄, and better understand conditions such as macular degeneration 🥴.
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Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Seeing with fresh eyes: Snails as a system for studying sight…
Stowers scientists have established the apple snail as a new research organism for investigating eye regeneration, which may hold the key for restoring…
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