This 400-Year-Old Shark May Hold the Secret to Preserving Human Vision

A UC Irvine study identifies a DNA mechanism that helps these sharks maintain their vision over centuries. On a computer screen in her UC Irvine office, Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk watches a Greenland shark drift through the dark Arctic water. Its body moves slowly through the murk, but what catches her attention is not the shark’s size [...]

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