Finally, there’s a new vision for addressing this common eye condition. Dry age-related macular degeneration slowly damages the macula, the part of the retina responsible for central vision.

Researchers from University College London and Moorfields Eye Hospital recently announced the results of a trial for a new device that helps the blind not just see again, but read again. The Prima ...

Doctors are making a new use of the revolutionary gene-editing technique called CRISPR. They're changing people's genes while the patients' DNA is still inside their bodies. The hope here is they'll ...

A patient with complete blindness caused by irreversible optic nerve damage partially recovered natural vision after participating in a clinical trial of electrical stimulation of the visual cortex ...

CRISPR gene-editing has improved the vision of patients with an inherited form of blindness, according to results of a Phase 1/2 clinical trial. The results not only give new hope to patients with the ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for medical groups and health systems nationwide, is collaborating with the American Council of ...

People with a leading cause of blindness were able to read again thanks to a tiny wireless chip implanted in the back of the eye and specialized augmented glasses, according to study results published ...

Several patients in a revolutionary clinical trial regained their ability to read when they received an extraordinary electronic eye implant that's paired with augmented reality glasses. Finally, ...