In patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), crucial cells in the retina known as rods and cones die over time; night ...

Less than 30% of people with certain genetic variants go blind, despite the faulty genes previously being thought to cause ...

Researchers from Radboud University Medical Center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited ...

For her entire life, college student Olivia Cook had only a small degree of central vision. It was as if she was watching the world through a straw hole, and in dimly lit places, she could not make ...

Color vision deficiency (CVD) encompasses a spectrum of inherited and acquired conditions affecting the ability to discriminate colours, most notably in the red-green domain. Among these, anomalous ...

This work not only identified the genetic cause of RP but also further highlights the role that noncoding genes can have in genetic disorders.

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 ...

The results call into question how faulty genes wind up causing diseases, researchers said TUESDAY, Dec. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Genetics aren’t necessarily destiny for those with mutations ...

Less than 30% of people with certain genetic variants go blind, despite the faulty genes previously being thought to cause blindness 100% of the time. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News Genetics aren ...