The Blind Kitchen and Research Into Development Of Sharper Central Vision

Debra Erickson (The Blind Kitchen - Baltimore, MD)

Bob Johnston (Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD)

Debra Erickson, Executive Chef and Founder, The Blind Kitchen, discusses overcoming visual challenges to learn how to cook, teaching others with visual challenges how to cook, and information available from its website.

Dr. Bob Johnston, Professor of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, explains how using lab-grown retinal tissue has shown how a Vitamin A-derivative and thyroid hormones lead to sharp central vision being developed by humans.

9/6/2026 Podcast (Click Image Below)