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Proctor Medal winner reviews Rhodopsin and its role in light-induced apoptosis

Light is necessary for almost all life on earth, but light also can bedetrimental to visual health. While there are benefits of light in treatingsuch disorders as winter depression, there are also the dramatic effectsthat light can have on photoreceptors--all the way to cell death.

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