The rods and cones in your eyes are responsible for helping you see, but what is responsible for helping them? Retinal ...

A new editorial paper titled "Aging retinal pigmented epithelium: omics-based insights into vision decline" has been published in Aging. In this new editorial, researchers Ioan V. Matei and Luminita ...

Researchers have identified distinct differences among the cells comprising a tissue in the retina that is vital to human visual perception. The scientists from the National Eye Institute (NEI) ...

Tissue engineers have developed a model to mimic the effects of aging to improve prevention and treatment of age-related ...

Age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of blindness and affects over 196 million people worldwide. Despite its prevalence, very little is known about the causes or mechanisms of this ...

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 ...

Scientists have found a way to use nanotechnology to create a 3D 'scaffold' to grow cells from the retina -- paving the way for potential new ways of treating a common cause of blindness. Scientists ...

Ophthalmologists perform a dilated fundus examination to diagnose retinal tears. Dilating drops widen the pupil to allow ...