Macular degeneration

Using gene therapy to restore vision for people with incurable retinal degeneration
Three-component system: Antibodies (blue), gold nanorod (gold) and heat-sensitive channel (structure in the membrane; below
A new protein linked to age-related macular degeneration offers hope for diagnosis and treatment
Accumulation of FHR-4 protein (yellow) within the macula A new protein linked to age-related macular
Is this a potential new way to halt macular degeneration?
“It’s not as if this is the final answer to the problem [of age-related macular
New hope for those with diabetic macular edema and macular degeneration

Experiments show new therapy slows blood vessel leakage associated with diabetic macular edema and macular

A new contact lens microneedle patch to treat eye diseases

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have developed a ‘contact lens’ patch with microneedles that

Researchers have reversed congenital blindness in mice

New technique generates rod photoreceptors that integrate into the retina and brain. Researchers funded by

An eye drop that could revolutionise treatment for age-related macular degeneration moves closer

Scientists at the University of Birmingham are one step closer to developing an eye drop

Gene therapy for macular degeneration?

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have developed a gene therapy that successfully treats a form of

A way to stop macular degeneration?

Unexpected finding points to potential way to stop macular degeneration In a major step forward

Possible Vision Restoration for Macular Degeneration Sufferers

Millions of adults over age 50 struggle each year with vision loss caused by damage

New Study: Leading Cause of Blindness Could Be Prevented or Delayed by L-DOPA

BrightFocus-Funded Research Shows Parkinson’s Drug Could be Repurposed to Save Sight of Millions In a

Blindness breakthrough as new jab could save sight of hundreds of thousands

Eye experts are leading a landmark trial in the UK of a new drug that

Light in sight: a step towards a potential therapy for acquired blindness

Hereditary blindness caused by a progressive degeneration of the light-sensing cells in the eye, the

Telescopic contact lenses and wink-control glasses

Optics specialist Eric Tremblay from EPFL in Switzerland unveils the latest prototype in the telescopic

Nanotubes May Restore Sight to Blind Retinas

TAU researchers develop groundbreaking wireless material capable of sparking neuronal activity in response to light