Two new compounds may be able to treat retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited eye diseases that cause blindness. The ...

A new study reveals the potential of two compounds in treating retinitis pigmentosa, a blinding genetic disorder. These compounds, identified through virtual screening, have shown promising results in ...

The processing of optical information in the retina of the eye, where the light-sensitive photoreceptors and the first nerve ...

W orking with mammalian retinal cells, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that unlike most light-sensing cells (photoreceptors) in the retina, one special type uses two different ...

Two compounds prolonged the survival of photoreceptors in a retinitis pigmentosa mouse model for rod opsin misfolding ...

Treatment with bioavailable small-molecule pharmacochaperones targeting the visual receptor rhodopsin offers a promising approach to prevent retinal photoreceptor degeneration caused by inherited ...

Based on in situ hybridization and hypothyroid studies, thyroid hormone appears to target photoreceptor development. The hormone may be acting in at least two ways. It could instruct neuronal ...

The retina processes light through light-sensitive cells called photoreceptor cells. These cells detect light stimuli, which are interpreted as images. The photoreceptor cells pass the information on ...