Genes contain the essential building instructions for life, guiding cells on which amino acids to assemble in what sequence to produce specific proteins. The human genome codes for about 20,000 such ...

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have determined the full-length structure of a blood pressure-regulating hormone receptor for the first time, uncovering how it functions, which may enable better ...

Diabetes can have a huge impact on eye health, with Optical Express revealing that diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause ...

More than 530 million people worldwide living with diabetes are at risk for developing diabetic retinal disease (DRD), the ...

A team of ophthalmology researchers at Stanford University, working with a colleague from New York University School of Medicine, has found that despite promise for detecting diabetic retinopathy, few ...

People with diabetes face a number of health challenges related to their chronic condition, and loss of vision due to retinal ...

What is macular degeneration? There is a structure called the retina in the back of our eyes that acts like film, capturing ...

Retinal arterial pressures were 120/20 gm ... Because of this reversal the aggregate cerebral blood supply from the two vertebral arteries was only 13 ml. per minute as compared to the supply ...

Australian scientists have successfully used an innovative gene therapy technique in the lab to combat a key cause of vision ...

The retina is a thin layer of tissue that lines the very back of the inside of the eyeball. The retina contains millions of cells that perceive light, color, and fine details in the things you see. A ...