Jan. 16, 2025 — A new report shows the benefit of wearing contact lenses for slowing myopia has a lasting effect -- good news since 50% of the world (5 billion people) will likely be nearsighted ...

Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are a group of monogenic disorders caused by mutations in more than 280 genes, and are characterized by progressive degeneration of photoreceptor cells in the retina.

We see color because photoreceptor cones in our eyes detect light waves corresponding to red, green, and blue, while dimness ...

Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have elucidated how a single photoreceptor in the pineal gland of zebrafish detects ...

We see color because photoreceptor cones in our eyes detect light waves corresponding to red, green, and blue, while dimness ...

Researchers uncovered how zebrafish detect colors using photoreceptor cells in the pineal gland. The protein parapinopsin 1 ...

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 ...

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

When the moon hits L-Cry like a big pizza pie, that’s amore—or at least a mass spawning event for marine worms.

Proteinuria is the presence of too much protein in the urine. It is typically a sign of kidney disease, often in people diagnosed with diabetes, but also can occur with pregnancy, lupus, and other ...

For protein studies, we evaluated RPE cells by immunocytochemistry using a rabbit anti-RPE65 peptide polyclonal antibody (provided by T.M. Redmond). For western-blot analysis, proteins from ...