A study using tiny retinas grown in a lab has revealed how subtle changes in a key growth-controlling protein can lead to a condition causing serious eye defects from birth. The findings, published in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Case Western Reserve University is hoping to offer the first therapy for an inherited eye disease leading to blindness. Shigemi Matsuyama, an associate professor of ophthalmology and ...

Scientists have identified a gene responsible for some inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), which are a group of disorders that damage the eye's light-sensing retina and threatens vision. Though IRDs ...

UF scientist develops safer gene therapy restoring vision in children with rare inherited eye diseases; pivotal trials begin ...

Rare eye diseases are the leading cause of untreatable blindness in Europe and affect people of all ages. The RESTORE VISION scientific team has identified seven rare ocular conditions that impact the ...