The headline of this article really caught my eye, no pun intended. I have never heard of this type of birth defect before. The defect is called anophthalmia, it is a condition where a baby is born with one or neither of it's eyes. Scientists say a child's eyes will not develop fully in the womb if the child has alterations in both copies of its STRA6 gene which is responsible for transporting vitamin A into the cells. However, there is no clinical treatment for this birth defect other then to give the children prosthetic eyes. The new discovery means that scientists can now develop a genetic test for couples who may be carrying the altered gene and plan to have children.
That is very interesting I also have never heard of that birth defect. Atleast they can now try and develope a test to see if your carrring that gene
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