Gene editing technique developed in Switzerland shows promise in curing Stargardt disease, a rare genetic eye disease causing ...

Researchers at University College Dublin (UCD) have discovered that a mutation in a gene called emc1 causes major vision ...

A research team at the University of Iowa has identified the role of key genes and ultraviolet light in a common eye disease.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which affects about 200 million people worldwide and can result in legal blindness, impairs an area of the eye (retina) used for reading, driving and many other ...

Genetic eye diseases are now the main cause of blindness in working-age adults in developed nations. Read more at ...

Two new compounds may be able to treat retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited eye diseases that cause blindness. The ...

Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have elucidated how a single photoreceptor in the pineal gland of zebrafish detects ...

Interestingly, the amount of twisting in the arteries was linked to high diastolic blood pressure, which is the pressure in ...

4D Molecular Therapeutics is axing two clinical programs and cutting off funds for three other assets, with resources to be ...

OCU400 demonstrated meaningful improvement of 2-line gain (10 letters on ETDRS chart) in low-luminance visual acuity (LLVA) ...