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

In vertebrate retinas, specialized photoreceptors responsible for color vision (cone cells) arrange themselves in patterns ...

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.

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.

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

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

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.