lives in a world without any colour. She has achromatopsia, a rare type of colour blindness that affects an estimated one in 30,000 people. “Everything’s grey to me,” she says.

Colours are just an illusion created by our brains to simplify things. This is why no two people see color the exact same way ...

Born in Belfast and raised in Spain, he has a rare condition called achromatopsia ... All these adaptations give indigenous people living at high altitudes an advantage over the woozy visitor ...

The lecture will outline case studies including carotid cavernous fistula, neisseria meningitidis, paediatric vasculitis, disappearing homonymous hemianopia, hypoplastic optic discs, PCA dementia, ...

People who have one of several well-documented medical conditions do not have only XX or XY chromosomes, which typically correspond with female and male sexes, respectively. Those conditions include ...

New research suggests that blood group B may be associated with slower aging, although not without risks for these people.

Researchers from the NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre and University College London have found that gene therapy improved visual acuity and preserved retinal structure in young children with ...

Highly intelligent people often have a variety of characteristics and habits that set them apart from the typical person — from asking more questions to living in messier spaces and even ...

Thanks to the advent of cloud computing and distributed digital infrastructure, the one-person micro-enterprise is far from a novel concept. Cheap on-demand compute, remote collaboration ...

Now, aged 56, Peter is passionate about addressing the stigma around a condition often associated with elderly people. "I might not always be able to express it in the same way, but I'm still the ...