In a new study published Aug. 6 in Nature Communications, Accorsi shows that apple snail and human eyes share many anatomical and genetic features. “Apple snails are an extraordinary organism,” said ...

Apple snails can fully regrow their eyes, and their genes and eye structures are strikingly similar to humans. Scientists mapped the regeneration process and used CRISPR to identify genes, including ...

Credit: Alice Accorsi/UC Davis/Cover Images A humble snail could hold the key to humans being able to cure blindness by regrowing lost or damaged eyes. Human eyes are complex and irreparable, yet they ...

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This snail could one day save eyes. The golden apple snail has camera-type eyes that are fundamentally similar to the human eye. Unlike humans, the snail can regenerate a missing or damaged eye. UC ...

Credit: Alice Accorsi/UC Davis/Cover Images A humble snail could hold the key to humans being able to cure blindness by regrowing lost or damaged eyes. Human eyes are complex and irreparable, yet they ...