Experiments show new therapy slows blood vessel leakage associated with diabetic macular edema and macular degeneration In studies with lab-grown human cells and in mice, Johns Hopkins Medic... Read more
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have developed a ‘contact lens’ patch with microneedles that could provide a painless and efficient alternative to curr... Read more
New technique generates rod photoreceptors that integrate into the retina and brain. Researchers funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI) have reversed congenital blindness in mice by chan... Read more
Scientists at the University of Birmingham are one step closer to developing an eye drop that could revolutionise treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is the leading cau... Read more
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have developed a gene therapy that successfully treats a form of macular degeneration in a canine model. The work sets the stage for translati... Read more
Unexpected finding points to potential way to stop macular degeneration In a major step forward in the battle against macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss among the elderly... Read more
Millions of adults over age 50 struggle each year with vision loss caused by damage to the retina or common macular degeneration. Physics researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington... Read more
BrightFocus-Funded Research Shows Parkinson’s Drug Could be Repurposed to Save Sight of Millions In a major scientific breakthrough, a drug used to treat Parkinson’s and related diseases may... Read more
Eye experts are leading a landmark trial in the UK of a new drug that could slow the progression of an untreatable form of blindness. Patients who have suffered some visual loss due to geogr... Read more
Hereditary blindness caused by a progressive degeneration of the light-sensing cells in the eye, the photoreceptors, affects millions of people worldwide. Although the light-sensing cells ar... Read more
Optics specialist Eric Tremblay from EPFL in Switzerland unveils the latest prototype in the telescopic contact lens and debuts accessory wink-controlled glasses that switch between normal a... Read more
TAU researchers develop groundbreaking wireless material capable of sparking neuronal activity in response to light The aging process affects everything from cardiovascular function to memor... Read more
