Mammals aren’t known for the ocular regenerative powers, but a study shows that nature has a few tricks up its sleeve.

Jiarui Nie, a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institutes of Health, is exploring how gold nanoparticles injected into the eye can stimulate photo receptors People are constantly contacting ...

A research team at the WVU is studying how to restore vision in people who develop a form of inherited blindness. Visvanathan Ramamurthy, professor and chair of the Department of Biochemistry and ...

A group of scientists restored vision in a monkey by using human stem cells to fix a hole in its retina. The research could open new doors for vision treatment in humans and other animals, too. A new ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an untreatable vision loss problem impacting those over 50. The disease starts as a thinning of the macula (the part of the retina responsible for detailed ...

A groundbreaking study published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on Monday demonstrates how specialized devices using artificial intelligence can help restore central vision to treat ...

Vision is one of the most crucial human senses, yet more than 300 million people worldwide are at risk of vision loss due to various retinal diseases. While recent advancements in retinal disease ...

Visvanathan Ramamurthy, professor and chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine and vice chair of research in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the WVU School ...

For centuries, vision has been one of the most essential aspects of human experience, shaping how we navigate and understand the world. But what happens when vision is no longer constrained by biology ...

Vision loss has long been treated as a one-way street, a devastating endpoint rather than a problem the brain might quietly work to solve. A wave of research is now overturning that assumption, ...

New treatments for dry macular degeneration are helping slow vision loss, and researchers are testing therapies that may restore sight. Here’s what to know. Dry age-related macular degeneration is the ...

Scientists have fixed a hole in a monkey's retina with a patch derived from human stem cells. This feat — described in a study published Oct. 3 in the journal Stem Cell Reports — is a step forward in ...