In patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), crucial cells in the retina known as rods and cones die over time; night ...

Researchers from Radboud university medical center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited ...

Some causes of blindness are genetic. However, blindness has many causes, such as eye injuries, eye surgery complications, or health conditions, such as diabetes or stroke. According to the Centers ...

Genetics aren't necessarily destiny for those with mutations thought to always cause inherited blindness, a new study says. Fewer than 30% of people with these genetic variants wind up blind, even ...

This work not only identified the genetic cause of RP but also further highlights the role that noncoding genes can have in genetic disorders.

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Promising research at Oregon State University is working on ways to fix blindness for people with rare genetic conditions. The research centers on the same mRNA technology used in ...

Aphrodite Ahmadi sees the laws of physics demonstrated in some unusual places, including in a baby frog’s eye. An assistant professor of physics at SUNY Cortland, she recently examined microscopic ...

The largest-ever global genetic study of glaucoma has uncovered more genes associated with the disease, including never-before-identified genes that could be targeted to prevent the optic nerve damage ...

The most common types of color blindness, or color vision deficiency, are genetic. However, other types may develop due to injuries, eye diseases, health problems, and side effects of treatment.