Abstract
Being able to see the beauty of this world is a wonderful thing unfortunately unavailable to people with inherited blindness. In this issue of PLOS Biology, Mercey and colleagues present optimized expansion microscopy for retinal tissue, which represents a huge step forward in our ability to study these blinding conditions.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Comment
MeSH terms
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Blindness* / genetics
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Humans
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Retina*
Grants and funding
R.R. is funded by the Landelijke Stichting voor Blinden en Slechtzienden, Stichting Retina Nederland Fonds, Stichting Beheer Het Schild, Stichting Blinden-Penning, and Stichting Steunfonds Uitzicht via Uitzicht 2016/2017-22, together with the Gelderse Blindenstichting, Rotterdamse Stichting Blindenbelangen, Stichting tot Verbetering van het Lot der Blinden ‘Het Lot’, the Stichting voor gehandicapte kinderen Dowilvo, ZonMW (#91216051), and the Foundation Fighting Blindness, USA (PPA-0717-0719-RAD and BR-CMM-0720-0789-RAD). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.