Ophthalmology

The research furthers the understanding of chronic smoking's detrimental effects on spatial and color vision Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day can damage your vision, a study co-authored by a Rutgers researcher finds. The research…

Findings point to potential treatment strategiesCredit: National Eye Institute National Eye Institute scientists led a collaborative study and zeroed in on genes associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of…

Credit: Phil Jones, Augusta University Senior Photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 11, 2019) - When a car crash or explosion results in an optic nerve injury, eliminating an enzyme known to promote inflammation appears to aid recovery,…

Research finds that calibration of phone cameras is vital to capture accurate data Clinicians who use smartphones to capture photographs of patients' eyes risk misdiagnosis if they base their decisions on objective data extracted from…

The new technology, which is about to launched on the market, consists of a lightweight binocular helmetCredit: YAIZA GONZÁLEZ/ CSIC Communication The details regarding the validation of this new device are published in the latest issue of…

Discovery identifies gene that causes common form of blindness worldwide, potentially leading to new treatment for glaucoma.Credit: Jordan Carson An international team of researchers has identified a gene responsible for the onset of…

People with sight problems could benefit from a surgical trial advance that has been shown to help restore the surface of the eye. Doctors made the world-first step by carrying out a clinical trial using stem cells from donors to create…

Nanoscope received multiple supplemental grants in addition to recently awarded R01 and Phase II SBIR grants from National Eye Institute to further advance its gene delivery, optogenetics platforms for treating and monitoring retinal…

Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Haydee Bazan, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, will be inducted into the Association for…

A team of scientists from Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (MSMU) together with their colleagues described a number of genetic mutations causing Usher syndrome (inherited deaf-blindness)Credit: Courtesy of Dmitry Zaletaev A…