by National Institutes of Health Retinal images of a patient with a TIMP3 mutation causing atypical symptoms. While there is visible damage in the retina (dark circles), there is no CNV present. Credit: NEI Researchers from the National Eye Institute (NEI) have identified a new disease that affects the macula, a small part of the light-sensing...
Worn during sleep, the lens interrupts the process that destroys cells of the retina. Hundreds of millions of people suffer from diabetes worldwide, putting them at risk for a creeping blindness, or diabetic retinopathy, that comes with the disease in its more advanced stages. Existing treatments, though effective, are painful and invasive, involving lasers and...
