A medical case report published in BMJ Case Reports has warned that using a massage gun on or around the eyes risks major ...

A research team co-led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered that accumulated DNA damage in the retina is a key contributor to age-related macular degeneration and that targeting ...

Many conditions that cause vision loss share a common feature: the gradual breakdown of the retina, the light-sensing tissue ...

Restoring the lipid molecule erucamide via nanoparticles activates immune cells to slow retinal degeneration and vision loss.

Wenzhou Medical University and collaborating institutions have identified a population of human neural retinal stem-like cells able to regenerate retinal tissue and support visual recovery. Vision ...

Three days after the August solar eclipse, a young woman presented to New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai in New York City with classic symptoms of solar retinopathy, which is a rare form of ...

In a new National Institutes of Health-funded study led by scientists at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have determined that low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, ...

Certain diseases of the retinal degeneration — such as retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration — are associated with mutations in components of the visual signaling cascade, leading ...

Eye floaters are often harmless, but doctors say a sudden increase in these drifting spots could signal a serious retinal ...

The study aims to uncover how the brain interprets visual signals from individual cone photoreceptors, cells that convert light into electrical signals to enable vision. Using state-of-the-art ...

A research team has discovered that accumulated DNA damage in the retina is a key contributor to age-related macular degeneration and that targeting specific retinal cell types may lead to treatments ...

Irvine, Calif., Dec. 3, 2024 – A research team co-led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered that accumulated DNA damage in the retina is a key contributor to age-related macular ...