Drug development for neurodegenerative diseases is struggling with one of its most intractable barriers: the slow, variable, and subjective nature of clinical endpoints Traditional assessment scales, ...

Combining artificial intelligence and genetics has allowed researchers to study the part of the eye that gives us sharp central vision in amazing detail for the first time. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

For some degenerative vision disorders, the therapies available don’t restore sight, they mainly slow its decline. To realize this benefit, a patient must receive an eye injection as frequently as ...

Diet, exercise, and daily habits significantly impact eye health because they directly affect blood flow to the eyes and support the body’s natural repair mechanisms. Medical professionals recommend ...

High-acuity vision or sharp vision is established during early fetal development through a precise chemical mechanism between thyroid hormones and retinoic acid (vitamin A derivative) within the ...

The Ocular Neurobiology laboratory at the Institute for Neurosciences, a joint center of Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in Elche and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), is participating ...

Scientists discover the important role that aerobic glycolysis, the process where cells make lactate from glucose, plays in mammalian eye development. Although already known to be used by retinal ...

Research teams led by a faculty member in Purdue University’s College of Engineering will use two grants from the National Eye Institute totaling $6.7 million to further develop specialized smart soft ...