NEI Research News

During most eye infections or injuries, neutrophils, immune cells found in the blood, are usually the first line of defense. However, new research shows retina responds differently than other tissues in the body.

A National Eye Institute-funded research team at the University of Minnesota Medical School discovered that a cancer signaling pathway has previously unrecognized roles in retina and brain blood vessels.

A new study funded by the National Eye Institute shows that certain retinal cells can rewire themselves when vision begins to deteriorate in retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic eye disease that leads to progressive blindness.

A new study funded by the NEI provides an account for how pathways in the brain's visual system may be shaped by developmental factors.

A new National Eye Institute-supported study identifies a possible way to slow or block progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in people over age 50.

Have you noticed that more children than ever are wearing glasses? Global research indicates 35% of children are affected by myopia, needing glasses to see clearly at a distance. If the trend continues, the number is expected to rise to 40% by 2050.

Lamivudine could represent an important new option for millions of patients with diabetic macular edema (DME), a condition which causes fluid to build up in the retina of the eye.

In a new National Institutes of Health-funded study led by scientists at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have determined that low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, may promote a breakdown of the blood-retinal barrier.

A new study show how the brain’s visual regions play an active role in making sense of information. Crucially, the way it interprets the information depends on what the rest of the brain is working on.

Research funded by the National Eye Institute offers insight into what is happening in our brains when our working memory must use its limited resources to remember multiple things.