An island of colorblind people: Around 1775, just 20 people survived a Pacific typhoon, and one rare mutation still affects the vision of many descendants today

Discover the extraordinary story of Pingelap, a remote island where a rare genetic mutation causes high rates of ...
Business Insider

Italian Achromatopsia Association Increases Global Awareness of Achromatopsia, a Rare Genetic Eye Disease, With an Expedition to Pingelap, the Island of the Color Blind

TRENTO, Italy, Aug. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Italian Achromatopsia Association (IAA) today announced that it is organizing a trip to Pingelap, a remote Micronesian atoll in the South Pacific, ...
Forbes

Seeing The World Through Color-Blind Eyes

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. This marks the first story ...
Phys.org

The science of color: How color blindness creates unseen barriers in science

Dr. Mark Lindsay was 5 years old when he first learned that tree trunks were brown. "Up until that point, I believed leaves and trunks were all green. Just lighter and darker shades," Mark said. Mark ...