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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the commonest cause of blindness in developed countries affecting seven million in total in Germany, from which 500,000 people are suffering from late stage disease, around half of whom are registered as visually impaired. There are two forms of AMD, ‘wet’...
» Breakthrough in research on age-related macular degeneration
Camden Council have made a resolution to grant planning permission for a new centre which will bring patient-centred eye care, cutting-edge research and exemplary education all under one roof in the heart of the Knowledge Quarter.
» Success at planning committee for new world-leading eye care, research and education centre
Researchers from Munich and Tübingen have developed an open-source camera system that maps the natural environment as rodents see it.
» Neurobiology: How mice see their habitat
The Usher syndrome 1G protein SANS regulates gene splicing, particularly of other Usher syndrome genes
» Amazing new insights into the pathology of Usher syndrome
The award ceremony at this year’s on-line Young Researcher Vision Camp saw only brilliant winners. The first prize went to Cologne for Gwen Musial talk of a novel tissue analysis. The 2nd and 3rd prize went to Tuebingen for Pietro de Angeli’s talk on CRISPR/Cas9-based rescue and Yannik Sauer’s...
» ZEISS Presentation Award @ Young Researcher Vision Camp 2021
New findings on magnetic sensing in birds are presented by an international team of researchers led by Oldenburg biologist Henrik Mouritsen. The results are published in the journal Nature.
» The Quantum Sense in the Retina of Birds
The white of our eye is something special. The sclera is devoid of pigment, which is why we can easily follow where our counterpart is looking. Nature has arranged it this way to facilitate this kind of glance-based communication. That is at least the traditional notion among scientists. A team of...
» Looking the ape in the eye – Cooperative eye hypothesis questioned
Researchers from the Institute of Neurobiology at the National University of Mexico in Querétaro and the Institute of Clinical Chemistry at Paracelsus Medical Private University in Nuremberg identified the bioactive site of vasoinhibin, a natural protein that inhibits the growth of new blood...
» Bioactive site of vasoinhibin identified: possible application as a drug for cancer and retinal diseases
70 years ago, the founders had a dream – and that dream endures in the scientists and Nobel Laureates of the future.
» International Forum for Exchange
Complete congenital night blindness (CCNCS) is an incurable hereditary disease and a group of rare, clinically and genetically heterogeneous retinal disorders.
» Restoration of night vision in adult mice