Researchers in China have successfully restored the vision of mice with retinitis pigmentosa, one of the major causes of blindness in humans. The study, to be published March 17 in the Journal of ...

NEW ORLEANS — For patients with advanced retinitis pigmentosa, the ability to perceive images and movement can be improved with the implantation of a retinal prosthesis, new research has shown. The ...

The retina has two types of cells that gather light: rods and cones. The rods are around the outer ring of the retina and are active in dim light. Most forms of retinitis pigmentosa affect the rods ...

A gene therapy protects eye cells in mice with a rare disorder that causes vision loss, especially when used in combination with other gene therapies, shows a study published today in eLife. The ...

A new type of gene therapy that rewires nerve cells in the eye has given a blind man some limited vision. The 58-year-old man has a genetic disease called retinitis pigmentosa, which causes ...

A Korean research team has reported important findings that could potentially improve the performance of retinal prostheses creating artificial vision for blind individuals. The Korea Institute of ...

To correlate the structure of the macula, as measured by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and function, as measured by microperimetry (MAIA) in patients with retinitis pigmentosa ...

When Edith Lemay and Sebastien Pelletier learned that three of their four children had a rare, untreatable genetic condition that causes vision loss, they experienced the stages of grief — denial, ...

CHICAGO -- A mutation-agnostic gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa (RP) showed promise for improving vision in severely vision-impaired and blind patients, a randomized clinical trial showed. After ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Usher syndrome type 2 caused greater visual field loss than asymptomatic retinitis pigmentosa, according to data ...