Tag: Macular degeneration

  • Nation & World

    The eye as we’ve never seen it

    Researchers’ atlas pinpoints where disease-causing genes are expressed, raising hope for inroads against glaucoma and macular degeneration.

    4 minutes
    Up close image of an eye.
  • Nation & World

    Focusing on the fovea

    Researchers have created the first cellular atlas of the primate retina and discovered that, while the fovea and peripheral retina share most of the same cell types, the cells are in different proportions, and show different gene expression patterns.

    5 minutes
    detail of an eye
  • Nation & World

    Scientists restore basic vision in lab mice

    A researcher at Harvard-affiliated Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School has regenerated optic nerves in laboratory animals and restored basic vision to the animals.

    3 minutes