The race to treat a rare, fatal syndrome may help others with common disorders like diabetes
Feb. 11, 2021 , 2:00 PM Maureen Marshall-Doss says the first sign that her vision was deteriorating came when she misidentified the color of a dress. At a backyard get-together about 20 years ago, the Indianapolis resident pointed out an attractive yellow dress another woman was wearing. “You see that as yellow? She’s wearing a pink dress,” Marshall-Doss recalls her husband responding. Today, Marshall-Doss is virtually blind. With help from custom made eyeglasses that magnify objects 500 times, “I can see shapes,” she says. But she can no longer drive and had to quit the job she lov...
Source: sciencemag.org