Ester Carreño, MD, PhD, explains how to tell retinitis pigmentosa from uveitis and why genetic confirmation now matters more.
Three studies presented at the 26th EURETINA Congress, taking place at the VIECON – Vienna Congress & Convention Center from ...
Steroids have earned a well deserved reputation as one of medicine's most useful tools. They control inflammation, suppress ...
A new study from the laboratory of Levi Todd, Ph.D., at Upstate Medical University has found that aging significantly limits the ability of support cells in the retina, called glia, to be reprogrammed ...
When retinitis pigmentosa takes a person's sight, the standard clinical test goes flat: no response, no signal, nothing. Yet the retina behind that flat line is anything but quiet. Researchers at the ...
This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...
"I was told during a fundus examination that I have lattice degeneration of the retina. Will I get a retinal detachment?"It is not uncommon for people to feel anxious when they are told this. However, ...