Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) is a rare genetic eye disorder that causes the retina’s cells to break down over time, leading to ...

Keeping your vision safe from retinal disease is important. This article will explore symptoms, types of retinal disease, risk factors, prevention, and when to get an eye examination. With retinal ...

New studies in rats suggest the drug reserpine, approved in 1955 for high blood pressure, might treat the blinding disease ...

Retinal dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of diseases in which the retina degenerates, leading to either partial or complete blindness. The severe and clearly hereditary forms, retinitis ...

Their findings indicate that the presence of the APOE4 gene—known to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease in humans—in mice impairs retinal function, suggesting a direct link between this ...

Researchers discovered the blood vessels at the back of the eye -- called retinal microvasculature -- can show early signs someone is at risk of developing dementia.

the retina is made up of several types of cells, including the light-sensing photoreceptors that initiate the cascade of events that lead to vision. Damage to the photoreceptors, either through ...

Researchers have developed eye drops that extend vision in animal models of a group of inherited diseases that lead to progressive vision loss in humans, known as retinitis pigmentosa. Researchers ...

The Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine is ... will have a solid knowledge of medical retina and posterior uveitis, including the most recent advances in these ...