National Eye Institute (NEI) scientists have found that the way the retina metabolizes glucose directly controls which genes get switched on and off in light-sensing photoreceptors. The findings ...

Prevalence of diabetic retinal disease (DRD) declined modestly over a 20-year period, while severe forms dropped ...

Three 2026 Breakthrough Prize winners reflect on developing Luxturna, a gene therapy that treats blindness caused by rare ...

Optometric care has advanced significantly with OCT and high-resolution retinal imaging, yet clinicians still encounter a ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American and TASE: LCTX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing "off the shelf" allogeneic cell therapies for serious medical conditions, today ...

Like a usual stroke that interrupts oxygen flow to the brain, an eye stroke cuts off the essential nutrients and oxygen ...

Most of us take vision for granted. It allows us to read, drive, and recognize faces. But for people with a rare retinal ...

Despite challenges for approval and access, regenerative therapies for retinal diseases may not be far away from becoming ...

Oculomics, the study of eye biomarkers of systemic disease, is gaining traction as retinal imaging and AI advance. Tear ...

The retina is a layer of tissue at the back of the eye that converts visual images into nerve impulses in the brain. Injuries to the eye can cause layers of the retina to separate, which is known as a ...