When I found out I have retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a type of inherited retinal dystrophy, I was shocked. Nobody in my family has vision problems. I had some trouble with my vision, but I thought it ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The loss of UBAP1L gene function appears to be associated with nonsyndromic retinal dystrophy, according to ...

Inherited retinal dystrophy (IRD) isn’t one disease. It’s many different ones that cause your retina to break down and stop working. They can make you color-blind or night blind. Others can lead to ...

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 ...

A team of endowed professors and vision researchers at the University of Houston has been awarded over $3.6 million by the National Eye Institute to investigate a gene in the eye, crucial for normal ...

Researchers from the NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre and University College London have found that gene therapy ...

National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers found a new form of macular dystrophy, which is a cause of central vision loss. Patients from 2 families affected by macular dustrophy were evaluated at ...

A drug widely prescribed for a bladder condition for decades, now appears to be toxic to the retina, the light sensing tissue at the back of the eye that allows us to see. After an initial report last ...

Four words you never want to hear from the eye doctor are retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration. Both are genetic disorders that can cause loss of vision and neither has a cure. A team of ...