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Greenland sharks maintain sharp vision for centuries, revealing powerful DNA repair and eye-protection strategies that may inspire future approaches to lifelong human eyesight.


Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. "You see it move its eye," says the UC Irvine associate professor of physiology and biophysics, pointing to an image of a Greenland shark slowly drifting through the murky Arctic Ocean. "The shark is tracking the light—it's fascinating."