Some Drops & Some Gold
Retinitis Pigmentosa, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy—they are all retinal diseases, and they can all lead to blindness. Thankfully, there are treatments that can manage the symptoms and slow the progression of these diseases. Can anything else be done to slow the progression? And more importantly, can anything be done to restore vision—not just maintain […]
Vision Breakthroughs Using Animal Models
Animal models in biomedical research help scientists see what works, what doesn’t and why. Two research projects—one at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s McPherson Eye Research Institute and the Morgridge Research Institute, and the other at the National Eye Institute (NEI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—utilized animal models in vision research. What they discovered […]