Thanks To Gene Therapy, Monkeys See In Full Color : NPR
Thanks To Gene Therapy, Monkeys See In Full Color : NPR Thanks To Gene Therapy, Monkeys See In Full Color by Jon Hamilton September 17, 2009 Audio for this story from Morning Edition will be available at approx. 9:00 a.m. ET * Add to Playlist * Transcript Dalton, who was treated for red-green color blindness, enjoys a feast Enlarge Neitz Laboratory Dalton, a squirrel monkey, had gene therapy to correct his colorblindness. The image on the left is digitally altered to simulate what the scene would look like to a person (or monkey) with red-green color blindness. Dalton, who was treated for red-green color blindness, enjoys a feast Neitz Laboratory Dalton, a squirrel monkey, had gene therapy to correct his colorblindness. The image on the left is digitally altered to simulate what the scene would look like to a person (or monkey) with red-green color blindness. text sizeAAA September 17, 2009 Scientists have used gene therapy to achieve full color vision in two squirrel monkeys that were born unable to tell red from green. The technique could someday be used on people with colorblindness or other vision problems.
