Scientists have made a discovery that could change how doctors understand some of the world’s most common eye diseases.

Scientists at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have developed a zebrafish model of NEDBEH—a rare genetic disorder that can cause coloboma, where parts of the eye are missing due to developmental ...

The Connection Between Eye Health and Heart Disease Heart diseases rank among the leading causes of death globally.

A study using tiny retinas grown in a lab has revealed how subtle changes in a key growth-controlling protein can lead to a condition causing serious eye defects from birth. The findings, published in ...

An opthalmologist, Zainab Akinbode, has advised Nigerians to desist from using substances such as breast milk and urine as remedies to treat eye defects. Dr. Akinbode said such practices could cause ...

The rainy season brings relief from the heat but also increases the risk of eye infections. Learn about five common monsoon ...

Physician and molecular biologist Katherine High remembers sitting at a staff meeting of the gene therapy company Spark Therapeutics on November 15, 2018, waiting to hear from a guest speaker, when ...