A first-of-its-kind trial is testing adult stem cell transplants for advanced dry macular degeneration. Early results show ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes progressive vision loss in a large number of elderly people, and no treatment ...

Retinal scans, aided by artificial intelligence (AI), may soon offer doctors a simple, non-invasive way to detect several ...

A wireless microchip implanted beneath the retina improved vision in 81% of patients with advanced age-related macular degeneration, allowing some to read again after years of severe vision loss. The ...

People with a leading cause of blindness were able to read again thanks to a tiny wireless chip implanted in the back of the eye and specialized augmented glasses, according to study results published ...

Roche is forging ahead with plans to seek approval for an eye disease drug candidate despite missing the primary endpoint in one of its phase 3 trials. The Swiss drugmaker ran two identical studies, ...

Participants received retinal implants that restored some of their vision. Zorica Nastasic via Getty Images Today, in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers announced that they restored some ...

The device could help a million people with a severe form of macular degeneration to be able to see enough to read. By Gina Kolata For the first time, researchers restored some vision to people with a ...

Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" books or those who enjoyed Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning movie versions of the story will be familiar with the Eye of Sauron. It was the name given to ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As we age, our vision can start to change. The older we get, we can become more at risk for eye diseases, like macular degeneration. "Other than vitamins and antioxidants, we ...

Macular degeneration is a condition that affects the retina, which is neural tissue that lines the back of the eye, like wallpaper in a room. There is an important area in the retina called the macula ...