Life Biosciences is pushing cellular rejuvenation into the clinic with ER-100, an experimental gene ...

Scientists have identified never-before-seen cells in the human eye that could potentially help reverse vision loss caused by common diseases, such as macular degeneration. The researchers discovered ...

Injecting a fatty acid that is used to make very long fat molecules into the eyes of elderly mice improved their vision for up to a month, indicating that the natural compound could potentially be ...

Science is giving sight, sound, and speech a second chance. How might it change the way we age?

Electronic retinal implants such as the PRIMA system bypass damaged cells to restore partial central vision, bringing ...

A trio of Canadians are on track to become the country’s first residents to have their eyesight restored thanks in part to their teeth. Osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis, more commonly known as ...

As people age, many develop presbyopia — age-related farsightedness that makes it hard to read things at close range — and may turn to reading glasses. But new research suggests another option may be ...

Brent Chapman can see again after doctors pulled out one of his teeth, flattened it, drilled a hole in it, placed a lens inside and implanted the tooth in one of his eyes. It seems bizarre, but the ...

The firm has announced its readiness to implant a new device, Blindsight, into a human patient. The move comes as part of the company's broader mission to develop brain-computer interfaces (BCIs).

When one eye is deprived of vision early in life, it can lead to amblyopia, a condition more commonly known as lazy eye. This happens because a lack of input disrupts synapse formation in the brain's ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an untreatable vision loss problem impacting those over 50. The disease starts as a thinning of the macula (the part of the retina responsible for detailed ...

Learning to read again Study participant Sheila Irvine, a patient at Moorfields Eye Hospital, training with the PRIMA device. (Courtesy: Moorfields Eye Hospital) A tiny wireless implant inserted under ...