NEI Research News

Scientists at the National Eye Institute and their colleagues have identified a gene responsible for some inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), which are a group of disorders that damage the eye’s light-sensing retina and threatens vision.

Each year, the Institute for Scientific Information selects a list of Nobel-class scientists based on journal citation volume.

New research from UChicago shows that the superior colliculus, a brain region that controls eye movements, also plays an important role in higher cognitive functions like categorization and decision making.

Researchers at the National Eye Institute and their collaborators have identified a protein, known as RNF114, that reverses cataracts, a clouding of the eye’s lens that occurs commonly in people as they age.

Trachomatous trichiasis can successfully be treated by either of the two most common types of eyelid surgery, according to findings from a large comparison trial funded by the National Institutes of Health.

The S-index challenge aims to incentivize and reward data sharing by promoting a new metric. Participants will be judged on their proposed methods for calculating the index.

New data demonstrate how social determinants of health can fuel disparities in monitoring for diabetic retinopathy for patients of different racial and ethnic groups.

Researchers are searching for a new treatment target for a common complication of diabetes that can cause retinal blood vessels to break down, leak or become blocked.

NEI-funded team demonstrates for the first time that cytokines play an important role in the development and regeneration of the retinal cells that degenerate in glaucoma.

The team identified small molecules that can reduce the production of proteins linked to age-related macular degeneration.