The retina is a thin layer of neural tissue at the back of the eye that detects light and converts it into signals, sent to ...

Researchers use single-cell analysis to show how transplanted neural stem cells interact with the retina to preserve vision in retinitis pigmentosa.

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Photoreceptors are specialized cells in the eye that convert light energy into neural signals. Several diseases that cause irreversible vision loss, including age-related macular degeneration, ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators working to optimize a cell-based treatment for retinitis pigmentosa have uncovered how ...

The retina is a thin layer of neural tissue at the back of the eye that detects light and converts it into signals, sent to the brain.

A new wireless eye implant restored reading vision in some blind adults, allowing many patients to recognize letters and ...

Scientists have developed a novel approach that allows stem cells to be turned into retinal ganglion cells that are capable of migrating and surviving in the eye's retina. This approach presents a ...

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 ...

New research shows smoking changes how key eye cells control genes, helping explain why smokers face a much higher risk of ...

A part of the eye that is essential for vision has been created in the laboratory from animal stem cells, offering hope to the blind and partially sighted. One day it might be possible to make an eye ...