International Albinism Awareness Day
Today, we observe International Albinism Awareness Day.
Albinism affects about 1 in 17,000 people. (1) Sir Archibald Garrod, a British scientist, was the first to discover in 1908 that albinism is due to a lack of an enzyme in our body. There is currently no cure for albinism. As it is a genetic disease, researchers are working on genetic engineering to find a cure. (3)