WYPL-FM 89.3's show for those with visual impairment airing each Sunday at 11 AM and Wednesday at 10:30 AM hosted by Janet Sides.
Friday, December 26, 2008
December 27 Podcast Now Ready
Dr. Stuart Mangel
Dr. Connie Cepko
On the show, Dr. Stuart Mangel of Ohio State University School of Biomedicine explains how rods and cones can work together to boost night vision.
Also, Dr. Connie Cepko of Boston's Harvard Medical School talks about retinitis pigmentosa and how the death of rod and cone cells are related.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
December 13 Podcast Ready
Mark Traffas
Dr. Tom Reh
On this week's show, we'll have Sightpath Medical's Mark Traffas explaining the Foresee Preferential Hyperacuity Perimeter (PHP) system, which is a specialized visual field testing system that monitors the progression of macular degeneration.
Then, Dr. Tom Reh of the University of Washington's College of Medicine in Seattle tells us about research involving the regeneration of retinal cells in live mice.