NEI Research News

A new study from MIT offers a possible explanation for how the brain comes to be adept at identifying both color and color-degraded images, even though the human visual system has sophisticated machinery for processing color.

Researchers at UC San Francisco have found a new type of neuron that guides the formation of a lattice of blood vessels nourishes cells in the retina.

Findings from mouse study indicate how one mutation of rhodopsin may cause congenital stationary night blindness in humans.

Led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a team of scientists has uncovered the complex molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative disorders linked to the gene PNPLA6.

Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have discovered that the virus that causes COVID-19 can breach the blood-retina barrier with potential long-term consequences in the eye.

Dave Steele, AKA The Blind Poet, brought his metered message of hope and inspiration to the NIH campus.

A five-year grant will fund research investigating biological processes that contribute to defects in immune response in the eyes of those with diabetes and identify methods to reverse them.

About 79% of clinical trial participants experienced measurable improvement after receiving experimental, CRISPR-based gene editing that is designed to fix a rare form of blindness.

A gene previously implicated in the development of atherosclerotic lesions in coronary arteries could be key to understanding why many people don’t benefit from the most used therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

The National Eye Institute has worked with the editors-in-chief of 7 leading vision journals to create a new two-year program: the Council of Vision Editors Fellowship Program.