Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of adult blindness, affects nearly half of Oklahomans over age 80.

Bull’s-eye maculopathy affects the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), a layer ... leading to photoreceptor damage and gradual vision loss. The severity of vision problems depends on how much ...

Scientists have identified never-before-seen cells in the human eye that could potentially help reverse vision loss ... human neural retinal stem-like cells (hNRSCs) and retinal pigment epithelium ...

These findings significantly expand our fundamental scientific understanding of age-related retinal diseases while offering potential new biomarkers ...

Volume 17, Issue 3, on March 4, 2025, titled “Deciphering age-related transcriptomic changes in the mouse retinal pigment epithelium.” ...

Wenzhou Medical University and collaborating institutions have identified a population of human neural retinal stem-like cells able to regenerate retinal tissue and support visual recovery.

New studies in rats suggest the drug reserpine, approved in 1955 for high blood pressure, might treat the blinding disease retinitis pigmentosa. No therapy exists for this rare inherited disease, ...

It is approved for treating vision loss caused by Leber's congenital ... In healthy individuals, RPE65 in retinal pigment epithelial cells converts all-trans-retinol into 11-cis-retinol, which ...