NIH solicits next-generation retina organoids in prize competition

(NIH/National Eye Institute) A competition for radical ideas in the fight against blindness will move to its next phase by challenging participants to build functioning human retina prototypes. The National Eye Institute (NEI) 3-D Retina Organoid Challenge (NEI 3-D ROC 2020) is a $1-million federal prize competition designed to generate lab-grown human retinas from stem cells. Organoids developed for the competition will mimic the structure, organization, and function of the human retina.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news