Specialized cells in the retina sense their owner's motion: Nature Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh14 Jun 2017 1:16 PM ISTThink of the way that a long flat highway seems to widen out around you from a single point on the horizon, while in the rear-view mirror everything...
Reproducing a retinal disease on a chip Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 Jun 2017 10:32 AM ISTApproximately 80% of all sensory input is received via the eyes, so suffering from chronic retinal diseases that lead to blindness causes a...
Scientists regenerate retinal cells in mice Anjali Nimesh Nimesh30 July 2017 10:00 AM ISTScientists have successfully regenerated cells in the retina of adult mice at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle.Their results...
Gene therapy shows promise for reversing blindness supriya kashyap kashyap14 Oct 2017 7:10 PM ISTIn a laboratory study in Oxford, researchers have shown how it might be possible to reverse blindness using gene therapy to reprogram cells at the...
Stem cell therapy for treatment of blindness Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 Jan 2018 7:25 PM ISTA team led by an Indian-origin scientist has made advances towards creating stem cell-derived retinal cells to treat a leading cause of...
New laser therapy seeks to halt the progression of age-related vision loss Hina Zahid1 July 2019 7:05 PM ISTThere are 200 million people in the world living with AMD, and in approximately a fifth of these cases, the disease progresses to an advanced stage,...
Blue light emanating from phone, computer may shorten lifespan, finds study Hina Zahid22 Oct 2019 7:25 PM ISTNew research at Oregon State University suggests that the blue wavelengths produced by light-emitting diodes damage cells in the brain as well as...
High dose of cholesterol lowering supplement linked to blindness in case study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli30 Oct 2019 8:15 PM ISTHigh dose of cholesterol lowering vitamin supplement niacin has been linked to blindness is the finding of a new case study.Retina specialists at...
Eye drops with Turmeric-derivative may be new treatment of glaucoma Vinay Singh singh25 July 2018 8:10 PM ISTResearchers of UCL and Imperial College London have found a derivative of turmeric that could be used in eye drops to treat the early stages of...
