For decades, restoring sight after severe eye damage sat firmly in the realm of science fiction. Now a wave of converging ...

There’s an old saying, attributed to writers from Cicero to Shakespeare, that says the eyes are the windows to the soul. But it may be more accurate to say that your eyes, and in particular your ...

Central vision can fade slowly with age-related macular degeneration. Faces blur. Words smear on a page. A dark spot can sit ...

Multi-asset pipeline with significant targeted data readouts and milestones -- Two lead ophthalmic gene therapy programs in clinical trials ...

Genoa (Italy), 21 January 2025 - A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) and IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, ...

A study on ground squirrels shows, not only do mitochondria produce bioenergy in the cone-shaped photoreceptors in the retina of the eye, they also act as micro-lenses that redirect light to the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this video, Raphael Defina, with the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, discusses data from the ...

The retina is a light-sensitive layer of tissue lining the back of the eye. Healthy development and function of the retina is critical for normal vision. Vision develops over several years, with ...