Bar Harbor, Maine– While studying mice with a mutant gene whose counterpart causes inherited glaucoma in humans, researchers have discovered a second gene mutation that worsens the structural eye ...

Researchers from the National Eye Institute (NEI) have developed a gene therapy that rescues cilia defects in retinal cells affected by a type of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a disease that ...

When University of Delaware doctoral student Sandeep Aryal took the initiative to learn additional research techniques to study proteins present in the eye, his work resulted in the discovery of a new ...

A coloboma is a missing piece of tissue in a person's eye. It is a congenital condition (meaning one you are born with) that can affect any part of the eye but is most common on the color part of the ...

An opthalmologist, Zainab Akinbode, has advised Nigerians to desist from using substances such as breast milk and urine as remedies to treat eye defects. Dr. Akinbode said such practices could cause ...

Scientists found that protein deposits in the retina create unique light patterns for different brain diseases in humans.

Dry eye has emerged as an early warning sign of autoimmune disease, appearing roughly three years before many patients receive a formal diagnosis. That gap reframes a common irritation as a potential ...

Discover how menopause affects eye health, from dry eyes to vision changes, and the importance of regular eye evaluations.