Researchers have identified a new type of visual cell in deep-sea fish larvae that challenges a century of knowledge about ...

The neurosensory retina is a complex ecosystem composed of precisely layered and diverse neurons, multiple vascular plexuses, and glial cells. It is here that visual signals from the environment are ...

Scientists studying the aging process in the eye have made an important discovery around the role of a so-called "youth" protein, and shown how it promotes a cellular recycling process that maintains ...

New AAV therapy for retinitis pigmentosa completes Phase I/II dosing, aiming to protect cones and slow vision loss; first ...

The light-sensitive outer segment of the vertebrate photoreceptor is a highly modified primary cilium filled with disc-shaped membranes that provide a vast surface for efficient photon capture. The ...

Researchers have discovered a likely cause for visual impairment and eventual loss of vision in the Finnish variant of Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (NCL). Visual impairment associated with the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BlueRock Therapeutics is preparing to initiate a phase 1/2a clinical study of OpCT-001. OpCT-001 will be ...

A recent study examining the therapeutic potential of photoreceptor precursors, derived from clinically compliant induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), has demonstrated the safety and therapeutic ...

Research in Focus is a series that highlights Neurobiology faculty members’ papers in peer-reviewed journals. A study led by Alecia K. Gross, Ph.D., professor and vice chair for Research and Research ...

Thomas Cronin has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research in the past. We humans are uncommonly visual creatures. And those of us endowed ...