A breakthrough treatment has allowed damaged retinal cells to regenerate themselves. The current research has been conducted on mice, but the pathways are the same in humans, which opens hope for a ...

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 ...

For decades, treatments for macular degeneration have focused on slowing, not restoring vision loss. A new retinal implant is flipping that script, turning patients with geographic atrophy into ...

An experimental eye implant could be the secret to restoring a patient's central vision—the part of our eye that lets us see faces, details, and letters more clearly. Many patients now using the ...

The ability to restore light responses in human retinas postmortem offers a novel model for studying retinal recovery and ...

A groundbreaking retinal implant, PRIMA, is restoring central vision in patients with geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of macular degeneration that blinds roughly 1 million Americans. Unlike ...

In A Nutshell Metformin, a common diabetes medication costing less than $10 monthly, was linked to 37% fewer cases of ...

Scientists have successfully used human stem cells to patch a hole in a monkey’s retina, restoring the primate’s vision and marking a successful step forward in the quest to treat age-related vision ...