A team of researchers has identified a promising new approach that may one day help to restore vision in people affected by macular degeneration and other retinal disorders.

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) occurs when the vitreous—a gel-like fluid in the eye—detaches from the retina. This results in eye floaters ... in the corners of your eyes and appear in your ...

A new study suggests that never-seen-before stem cells in the human retina can restore vision in mice with a common eye disorder. But more work is needed to translate the treatment to people.

in dim light your peripheral vision is better than your central vision, or what you’re looking at directly. This is because of where certain photoreceptors are located on your retina (back of ...

It was noted in the paper that “the variability in BCVA and VFI may be due in part to the variable expression of MCO-010 in the central macula compared to the peripheral retina.” Overall, MCO-010 ...

Zhang says that the appearance of fatty lipid and protein deposits under the retina is a hallmark of dry AMD. Character’s data confirm that lipid transport machinery is associated with the ...

Age is the most significant risk factor for macular degeneration. Being 50 or older increases ... that it causes an affected person to become legally blind while preserving peripheral vision.

The FDA has approved the first – and only – treatment, a cell therapy, for macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel), a ... blurriness and distortion, although peripheral vision remains intact. It ...