This week on Crystallise: Rosie tells us about a clinical trial where sight was restored to a blind man using light-sensing proteins from algae! Ash discusses how the face markings of peregrine falcons act like sunglasses, helping them to hunt in sunny climates.   

Episode Sources:  

• Blind man regains some vision, with help from light-sensing algal protein. 
• Eye on the Cure: Can Algae Genes Restore Vision in First Optogenetics Human Trial?  
• Malar stripe size and prominence in peregrine falcons vary positively with solar radiation: support for the solar glare hypothesis. 

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AhDah Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).   
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