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Until now, it has been difficult to maintain retinal ganglion cells deep inside organoids over extended periods. The supply of nutrients and oxygen in the densely packed tissues is limited, leading to cell death.
Jan 17, 2026
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For the first time, an international research team led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has recorded a tiny mechanical "twitch" in living human and rodent eyes at the exact moment a rod photoreceptor ...
Jan 7, 2026
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Scientists at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have discovered that certain retinal cells can rewire themselves when vision begins to deteriorate in retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic ...
Jul 7, 2025
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On April 8, 2024, a once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse kept the eyes of millions of Quebecers riveted on the sky. But the experience left at least two among them—a 34-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman—with permanent ...
Jun 4, 2025
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In vertebrate retinas, specialized photoreceptors responsible for color vision (cone cells) arrange themselves in patterns known as the "cone mosaic." Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) ...
Mar 25, 2025
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Researchers have developed a therapy to treat Stargardt disease, the most common form of inherited macular degeneration, which often leads to vision loss. Their study shows promising results using a precise technique for ...
Jan 10, 2025
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The retina is often referred to as an "outpost of the brain"—after all, important steps in visual signal processing do not take place in the cerebrum, but in the nerve cells in the eye. When light falls on the retina, sensor ...
Nov 26, 2024
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Those mesmerizing blue and orange hues in the sky at the start and end of a sunny day might have an essential role in setting humans' internal clocks.
Sep 16, 2024
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Scientists have long wondered how the eye's three cone photoreceptor types work together to allow humans to perceive color. In a new study in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers at the University of Rochester have used ...
Apr 15, 2024
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There's new hope for potentially restoring vision in patients suffering from degenerative retinal disease, thanks to work by researchers at Université de Montréal.
May 5, 2023
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