Eye Facts for Kids
Heading back to school? Get your brain back in shape with a little eye health and vision science trivia. Our calendar offers 31 fun facts about eye anatomy and how we see.
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What You Should Know about UV Protection
Most people know the sun’s rays are bad for our skin. But did you know they’re just as bad for our eyes? Keep your eyes healthy by protecting them from the sun.
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Virtual Reality Experience App
Millions of people are affected by eye diseases. But describing vision loss is difficult. Try the new “NEI VR: See What I See” application for your smartphone (Android or iOS) to help you experience vision loss from age-related macular degeneration or cataracts.
Eye Conditions A to Z
Get information about common eye conditions and diseases.
Healthy Vision
Find out about eye exams and other ways to keep your eyes healthy.
Clinical Trials
Learn how NEI research helps prevent and treat eye disease and vision loss.
NEI for Kids
Make learning fun with NEI’s kid-friendly materials and videos.
En español
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NEI News
Report: Dry AMD requires broad, systems biology approach leveraging big data, multiple disciplines
A large-scale, collaborative, systems biology approach is needed to expedite the discovery of treatments for dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) – a leading cause of blindness among people 65 and older for which is there is no treatment— according to a report by a working group of scientis
NEI researchers awarded grants by the Knights Templar Eye Foundation
The Knights Templar Eye Foundation has awarded two NEI scientists grants to research inherited retinal degenerations, diseases that can cause blindness in early childhood.
New fellowship in ophthalmic genetics
The National Eye Institute (NEI) is partnering with the International Council of Ophthalmology to offer a fellowship at NEI in ophthalmic genetics research. This first such collaboration between the two organizations will bring to NEI an early-career clinician from a country designated by the Wor
NEI: A leader in vision research
Every year, NEI supports vision research through more than 1,500 research grants and training awards to scientists at more than 250 institutions across the country and around the world. NEI also conducts laboratory research and clinical trials.
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NEI Research Initiatives
The NEI Research Initiatives focus on challenging, high-impact areas of vision research. NEI’s current research priorities include: