Gut Bacteria Slip into the Eye
Gut Bacteria Slip into the Eye
A gene mutation causes porous gut and retinal barriers, allowing bacteria to travel from one to the other, triggering retinal degeneration in mice.
A gene mutation causes porous gut and retinal barriers, allowing bacteria to travel from one to the other, triggering retinal degeneration in mice.
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Blind Patient Recovers Partial Vision with Optogenetics
Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | May 24, 2021 | 4 min read
After receiving an intraocular injection of the gene for a light-sensitive protein, a 58-year-old man diagnosed with the neurodegenerative eye disease retinitis pigmentosa was able to locate objects on a table using engineered goggles.
Image of the Day: Cone Preservation
Chia-Yi Hou | Apr 30, 2019 | 1 min read
Researchers treat mice with retinitis pigmentosa using a gene therapy that reduces cone loss.
Optogenetic Therapies Move Closer to Clinical Use
Shawna Williams | Nov 16, 2017 | 6 min read
With a clinical trial underway to restore vision optogenetically, researchers also see promise in using the technique to treat deafness, pain, and other conditions.
CRISPR-Based Therapy Prevents Retinal Degeneration
Anna Azvolinsky | Mar 14, 2017 | 3 min read
An experimental treatment sacrifices rod cell function to save cone cells in mice, preventing retinal degeneration, researchers report.
Eye Spies
Mary Beth Aberlin | Oct 1, 2014 | 3 min read
An issue highlighting advances in vision research
New Approach for Failing Vision
Kate Yandell | Feb 28, 2013 | 1 min read
Holography could stimulate neural cells and someday improve retinal prostheses.
Restoring Sight
Sabrina Richards | Aug 13, 2012 | 4 min read
A strategy to transmit signals to retinal nerve cells may show promise as a step toward alternative retinal prosthesis design.