See, blind mice

Transplants of light-gathering cells restore night vision in rodents

The farmer’s wife in the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice may need a different mouse hunting strategy. Thanks to new cell transplants, some formerly night-blind mice can see in the dark again, perhaps even well enough to evade the carving knife of the farmer’s wife.

Transplanted rod cells (green) can wire themselves into the retina of night-blind mice and restore night vision.