Could herald a new potential therapy for GA University of Kentucky researchers, led by Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, have made an exciting finding in the “dry” form of age-related macular degeneration known as geographic atrophy (GA). [...]

  “This is a major advance in the field of vision restoration” A team of University of California, Berkeley, scientists in collaboration with researchers at the University of Munich and University of Washington, in Seattle, [...]

Bio-Retina restores vision to AMD sufferers almost immediately following the simple implantation process At least 25-30 million people worldwide have age-related macular degeneration (AMD), one of the leading causes of blindness in middle-aged and older [...]

International experts have developed a prosthetic retina   A REVOLUTIONARY device that could restore sight to patients with one of the most common causes of blindness has shown “encouraging” results, according to research. A team [...]

GA is an untreatable condition that causes blindness in millions University of Kentucky researchers, led by Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, have made a major breakthrough in the “dry” form of age-related macular degeneration known as geographic [...]

An exciting new prospect for a novel therapy for AMD Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that a part of the immune system called the inflammasome is involved in regulating the development of one [...]

Could slow or reverse conditions like macular degeneration and glaucoma   University of Michigan Health System research into the mechanisms by which zebrafish are able to regenerate damaged retinas after injury suggests new strategies for [...]

The breakthrough holds out the hope of a cure in the future for age-related macular degeneration Scientists have improved the sight of two people who were almost blind by injecting their eyes with stem cells [...]

After five years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has finally given approval to an eye telescope that treats macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the U.S. The Implantable Miniature Telescope (IMT) has [...]

Image via Wikipedia Emerging technologies successfully stimulate retinas ravaged by retinitis pigmentosa, age-related macular degeneration and other diseases to give sufferers a new lease on light. Scientists have been working for decades to create an [...]

Image via Wikipedia One day, a machine will outsmart its maker IN ONE of William Gibson’s early mind-bending stories, the protagonist suddenly needs to fly a jump jet. In the cockpit, he finds his employer [...]