Our ability to see starts with the light-sensitive photoreceptor cells in our eyes. A specific region of the retina, termed ...

Most people who are allergic to cats aren’t reacting to the fur—they’re reacting to a protein in cat saliva called Fel d 1.

UCLA scientists found that in early retinitis pigmentosa, rod bipolar cells in mice rewire to connect with cones, preserving ...

Bayer’s BAYRY wholly owned subsidiary, BlueRock Therapeutics, announced that the first patient in the phase I/IIa CLARICO ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), classified into dry and wet types, poses a significant threat to the vision of the ...

We propose a step-wise 'transcriptional dominance' model of photoreceptor cell fate determination, with the S cone representing the default state of a generic photoreceptor precursor.

Blinding diseases lead to permanent vision loss by damaging photoreceptor cells, which humans cannot naturally regenerate. While researchers are working on new methods to replace or regenerate ...

In a landmark 2009 study, Neitz and a team of colleagues used gene therapy to introduce a third type of photoreceptor cell in color blind monkeys.

Human vision relies on photoreceptor cells in the retina that react to visible light and trigger neurons in the optic nerve to send signals to the brain. Degradation of these photoreceptors is the ...