A Cure for Blindness Just Might Come From Algae
Originally posted at wired.com by SARAH ZHANG A Cure for Blindness Just Might Come From Algae THE ALGAE THAT could cure blindness doesn’t even see, technically. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii are simple, single-cell green algae that live in water and in dirt. They have a round body, two whip-like tails, and a single primitive eye—not even an eye, really, an eyespot—that they use to seek…