Eventually, the light-sensitive spot evolved into a retina, the layer of cells and pigment at the back of the human eye. Over time a lens formed at the front of the eye. It could have arisen as a ...

In Greek mythology, a chimera is a grotesque hybrid. But chimeras are not just tales. Here's how some scientists have been ...

A team led by Mount Sinai researchers has identified stem cell populations and mechanisms underlying age-related degeneration ...

Researchers from London's Moorfields Eye Hospital, biotech firm MeiraGTx and University College London have demonstrated that ...

The researchers plan to refine the protocol and test against cells in photoreceptor degeneration that are more closely related to the human eye. If practical, they hope to start clinical trials.

That's when we went down the path of proving that they were actually T cells for this study.” To do so, the authors performed Fun-IVCM on healthy human subjects and compared the morphology and ...

Vision changes are an inevitable part of aging, but why are some more susceptible to age-related eye diseases and why do some ...

A robotic device allows eye surgeons to perform high-precision procedures on the retina, the fragile lining on the back of the eye that is less than a millimeter thick.

A Mount Sinai-led research team has identified underlying mechanisms of age-related dysfunction in glands that are crucial to eye function, a discovery that may lead to new treatment options for dry e ...

“We started producing eye drops at the beginning ... company’s researchers to create a new cell medium that is suitable for culturing primary human adipose and umbilical-cord-derived MSCs ...