Three 2026 Breakthrough Prize winners reflect on developing Luxturna, a gene therapy that treats blindness caused by rare ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) gradually affects central vision in one or both eyes while leaving peripheral vision (on the sides) intact. This peripheral vision – encompassing everything you ...

The case marks the first time sight has been partially restored using optogenetics, a type of biological research aimed at controlling nerve cells via light. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, ...

A treatment that targets dysfunctional photoreceptors regardless of the underlying genetic mutation leads to improved ...

Certain wavelengths and frequencies of light are used in syntonic phototherapy to help improve the body’s regulatory centers and to balance them out. This type of therapy has been used for over 80 ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Duke Eye Center has become the first academic medical center in the country to implant a new cell-based gene therapy for a rare eye disease called MacTel. This procedure offers ...

Patients with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) due to the MT-ND4 gene variant treated with the gene therapy lenadogene nolparvovec in one eye showed a sustained improvement in best-corrected ...

Saffie Sandford was born with Leber's Congenital Amaurosis and "missed out on a lot" due to difficulties seeing in any ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Optometrists sometimes suggest vision therapy to improve visual skills, addressing perceptual vision and myopia.

Vision changes can happen for a number of reasons, some of which are no major cause for concern, such as dry eye or fatigue. But others are serious enough to warrant a trip to the emergency department ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – In this episode of CT BUZZ, Reporter Jillian Andrews sat down with Dr. Donald Higgins, Optometrist and Medical Director of the Dry Eye Treatment Center of Connecticut, to ...