There’s an old saying, attributed to writers from Cicero to Shakespeare, that says the eyes are the windows to the soul. But it may be more accurate to say that your eyes, and in particular your ...

Fusing human retinal cells with adult stem cells could be a potential therapeutic strategy to treat retinal damage and visual impairment, according to the findings of a new study published in the ...

The human eye consists of the parts as follows: Pupil-It is a small opening in the iris and regulates the amount of light that enters the eye. Put simply, the pupil contracts if the amount of light ...

A year on, US scientists have provided an update on the patient who received the world's first whole eye transplant combined with a facial transplant. Although the patient cannot see through his new ...

Treatment introduces an expansion of the scope of gene therapies that might lead to similar treatments for neurodegenerative ...

Dr. Rosen answers the question: 'How Does the Eye Function?' Aug. 24, 2009— -- Question: What are the key parts of the eye that help it function properly? Answer: The eye is like a camera : The ...

The study, performed in the lab of Dr. Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk at the University of California, Irvine, confirms the critical nature of the ELOVL2 enzyme. The results suggest that ELOVL2 gene ...

Treatment shows potential to slow the progression of human degenerative eye diseases, including retinitis pigmentosa. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed eye drops ...

FORT LEE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Luxa Biotechnology LLC (Luxa), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a novel adult retinal pigment epithelial stem cell (RPESC) therapy for dry age-related ...