This research characterizes the current state of scientific investigation into the world of blindness: virtually all human trials are far down the road, and any findings, so far, pertain only to the ...

The central theme was moving beyond a lens-centric approach to vision, historically the foundation of presbyopia research, ...

Scientists have developed a new gene therapy that can reverse vision loss in primates, potentially laying the groundwork for treatments in humans as well. Last month, a team of scientists from Harvard ...

CHICAGO -- A mutation-agnostic gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa (RP) showed promise for improving vision in severely vision-impaired and blind patients, a randomized clinical trial showed. After ...

Biotherapies – a key focus at the UPMC Vision Institute — are treatments in which substances from living organisms, or lab-made versions of substances, are used to treat disease and illness. “It ...

Gene therapy emerges as a transformative force in ophthalmology, offering renewed hope for patients with retinal diseases. This innovative approach targets both inherited and acquired conditions, ...

(CNN) — For her entire life, college student Olivia Cook had only a small degree of central vision. It was as if she was watching the world through a straw hole, and in dimly lit places, she could not ...

Jace, now 6, was born with a rare genetic condition that causes blindness Courtesy of Moorfields Hospital A Connecticut boy is among four children all born with severe childhood blindness who gained ...

In the clinical trial, the gene therapy seemed to be helping the boy’s skin wounds heal. But, his doctors wondered, could it also help his eyes? The boy, Antonio Vento Carvajal, had a genetic ...