The problems of color-blindness.

Color-Vision and Color-Blindness

Special public attention was called to the subject in 1875 by an enquiry into the causes of a railway accident which had taken place in Sweden, from which it appears that colourblindness was the cause of the disaster. Our author having described colour-sensations, goes on to discuss the theories of colour-perception and colour-blindness, classifying the latter defect as total and partial. Total...

color blindness defect and medical laboratory technologists: unnoticed problems and the care for screening

color -blindness is the inability to perceive differences between some color that other people can distinguish. using a literature search , the results indicate the prevalence of color vision deficiency in the medical profession and its on medical skills. medical laboratory technicians and technologists employees should also screen for color blindness. this research aimed to study color blindne...

[The meaning of color blindness in traffic].


Gene Therapy for Color Blindness

Achromatopsia is a rare congenital cause of vision loss due to isolated cone photoreceptor dysfunction. The most common underlying genetic mutations are autosomal recessive changes in CNGA3, CNGB3, GNAT2, PDE6H, PDE6C, or ATF6. Animal models of Cnga3, Cngb3, and Gnat2 have been rescued using AAV gene therapy; showing partial restoration of cone electrophysiology and integration of this new phot...

Prevalence of Color Blindness among Students of Secondary Schools in Shahrekord

Background and aims: Color blindness is a disease that remains undiagnosed in some cases. Thediagnosis of the disease during schooling is necessary to take the required measures for the future lifeof adolescents. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of color blindnessamong the students of secondary schools in Shahrekord.Methods: In this descri...