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 ...

Electronic retinal implants such as the PRIMA system bypass damaged cells to restore partial central vision, bringing ...

In blinding bright light or pitch-black dark, our eyes can adjust to extreme lighting conditions within a few minutes. The human vision system, including the eyes, neurons, and brain, can also learn ...

In advanced dry disease, a key problem is failure of retinal pigment epithelium, often shortened to RPE. These cells help ...

For decades, restoring sight after severe eye damage sat firmly in the realm of science fiction. Now a wave of converging ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mice have complex visual systems that can clarify how vision works in people. Westend61/Getty Images Despite the nursery rhyme ...

John A. Moran Eye Center scientist Frans Vinberg, PhD, is part of a project bringing together more than 40 scientists, doctors, and industry experts hand-picked from around the country to make ...

A San Diego team is part of a major undertaking that will bring together more than 40 scientists, doctors, and industry experts hand-picked from around the country to make vision-restoring whole eye ...