Blinding

It’s going to be an amazing battle between powerful striker Stamp Fairtex and veteran fighter Ham Seo Hee when they meet in the circle this September. Stamp, the former ONE atomweight Muay Thai and kickboxing world champion and…

Thousands of Britons blighted by ‘blinding’ headaches could see attacks reduced by a third thanks to a drug used to treat diabetes.At least 2,000 people in the UK suffer idiopathic intracranial hypertension. The main symptom of the…

Patients with 'blinding' headaches known as Idiopathic Intercranial Hypertension (IIH) could be treated with an injectable peptide used for type 2 diabetes, a new trial has found. The study, published in the journal Brain, today reports on…

Two separate eye diseases may contribute to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States, according to a new study from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. The research, published…

Patients with a specific form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States, are also highly likely to have either underlying heart damage from heart failure and heart attacks, or advanced…

Using a new stem-cell based model made from skin cells, scientists found the first direct evidence that Stargardt-related ABCA4 gene mutations affect a layer of cells in the eye called the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). The discovery…

National Eye Institute researchers mapped the organization of human retinal cell chromatin, the fibers that package 3 billion nucleotide-long DNA molecules into compact structures that fit into chromosomes within each cell's nucleus. The…

Researchers from the National Eye Institute (NEI) have developed a gene therapy that rescues cilia defects in retinal cells affected by a type of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a disease that causes blindness in early childhood. Using…

Scientists are searching for dangerous asteroids hidden in our solar system by using the Twilight telescope. Nasa's Planetary Defense Coordination Office monitors the sky with…

Under the direction of Boyd Professor Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, scientists at LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence have developed a new, experimental human cell line from retinal pigment epithelial cells. Called ABC, these…