Lazy Eye: Going Dark to Restore Vision

Lazy eye, a type of amblyopia, is easy to reverse in children but almost impossible to treat in adults. Elizabeth Quinlan, a professor of biology at the University of Maryland, is building on more than a decade of research in rodents to see if visual deprivation—spending extended periods of time in total darkness—can help restore normal vision in adults with lazy eye.

For more information on Quinlan's research: http://biology.umd.edu/elizabeth-quinlan.html

Coverage of this work in the New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/19/for-better-vision-living-in-the-dark

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