Every year, thousands of people are blinded suddenly, like Durst, by injuries to their cornea, the dome-shaped lenses that cap each iris. These injuries are often debilitating. In the weeks after his ...

Scientists are on the verge of developing a less invasive and more affordable, incision-free method to treat vision problems. Chemists in California stumbled upon the idea that vision issues could be ...

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

FDA authorization under an IND permits first-in-human phase I/II testing of SVT-001 in familial drusen, focusing on safety ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has launched a program to restore vision through whole eye ...

People with severe vision loss have been able to read again, thanks to a tiny wireless chip implanted in one of their eyes and a pair of high-tech glasses. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brent Chapman can see again after doctors pulled out one of his teeth, flattened it, drilled a hole in it, placed a lens inside and implanted the tooth in one of his eyes. It seems bizarre, but the ...