Without pigment, part of the retina does not form, and sharp vision is lost. One area of our research is to analyze the structure of the enzyme tyrosinase to better understand how it works inside a cell to form pigment. Another goal is to develop ways to deliver normal enzyme to the eye to see if this will improve vision. Black, a U alumnus, participated in early albinism studies conducted at the U in the 1970s. Dinner is served If you think the dinner table is the last place families eat their meals, you're wrong.
Home is still the number one place where dinner is served.
Jean Kinsey, director of the U's Retail Food Industry Center, has released a report that suggests the vast majority of food is eaten at home and is purchased at a grocery store. This is true despite previous surveys that show Americans are spending almost 50 percent of their food money on food away from home. The U's new Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will focus on more than Nazi Germany's war against the Jews, says center director Stephen Feinstein. NIT wit Rodent to the Final Four. While the Gophers play in the Big Apple, there's plenty of action here in the Minneapple.