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NEI Research News

Thanks to the work of NEI scientists and grantees, we’re constantly learning new information about the causes and treatment of vision disorders. Get the latest updates about their work — along with other news about NEI.

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Discovery in monkeys could lead to treatment for blindness causing syndrome

Oregon National Primate Research Center at OHSU reports first-ever nonhuman primate model for Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
Grantee News

Nano-sized solution for efficient and versatile CRISPR gene editing

CRISPR gene-editing technology holds tremendous promise for treating or curing a wide range of devastating disorders, including vision loss.
7 men look at the camera in a group portrait

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.
Grantee News

Joslin Researchers Uncover Protective Factor in Diabetic Eye Disease

Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have shown that a protein found in the eye can protect against and potentially treat diabetic eye disease.
Grantee News

A step closer to identifying cause of a blinding disease

A recent study, led by researchers at McGill University, offers an important step in unlocking the mystery of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy’s cause.
Grantee News

A Road Map to Stem Cell Development

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report they have created a method of mapping how the central nervous system develops by tracking the genes expressed in cells.
Grantee News

With Single Gene Insertion, Blind Mice Regain Sight

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, find that restoring opsins with gene therapy can make 'blind' cells light-sensitive; potential human treatment within three years.
Grantee News

Molecular Classification and Comparative Taxonomies of Foveal and Peripheral Cells in Primate Retina

A team of researchers led by Harvard's Joshua Sanes applied high-throughput genetic sequencing methods to create the first cellular atlas of the primate retina.
Side-by-side photos of trial participant before and after treatment

Nitisinone Increases Melanin in People With Albinism

A small pilot clinical study at the National Eye Institute (NEI) suggests that the drug nitisinone increases melanin production in some people with oculocutaneous albinism type 1B (OCA-1B), a rare genetic disease that causes pale skin and hair and poor vi
Two boys smile at camera. Dark spot in center of image represents vision loss from AMD.

NIH Researchers Home in on Genes Linked to Age-Related Macular Degeneration

National Eye Institute scientists led a collaborative study and zeroed in on genes associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss and blindness among people age 65 and older.