Rebooting the Eye To test this theory, the team injected an anesthetic called tetrodotoxin into the lazy eye of lab animals ...

Jiarui Nie, a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institutes of Health, is exploring how gold nanoparticles injected into the eye can stimulate photo receptors People are constantly contacting ...

The clinical trial enrolled 38 adults aged 60 and older who had advanced geographic atrophy, the late stage of macular ...

A group of scientists restored vision in a monkey by using human stem cells to fix a hole in its retina. The research could open new doors for vision treatment in humans and other animals, too. A new ...

When one eye is deprived of vision early in life, it can lead to amblyopia, a condition more commonly known as lazy eye. This happens because a lack of input disrupts synapse formation in the brain's ...

Vision loss has long been treated as a one-way street, a devastating endpoint rather than a problem the brain might quietly ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an untreatable vision loss problem impacting those over 50. The disease starts as a thinning of the macula (the part of the retina responsible for detailed ...

Imagine slowly losing the center of your vision, like a camera lens fading to fog. That's what happens with geographic atrophy, a severe form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). It's the ...

For centuries, vision has been one of the most essential aspects of human experience, shaping how we navigate and understand the world. But what happens when vision is no longer constrained by biology ...

A groundbreaking study published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on Monday demonstrates how specialized devices using artificial intelligence can help restore central vision to treat ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Agustin Rafael C. Reyes via Getty Images Scientists have fixed a hole in a monkey's ...

Scientists were able to treat a "macular hole" in a monkey, helping to restore the animal's vision thanks to human stem cells. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...