Biologics & Bioptics
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way to grow retinal cells in a lab and use those cells as treatments for eye disease? What about advanced optics? Can they be used to help those with limited vision do things like drive a car? Well thanks to ongoing research, these things are either close […]
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 […]
What’s Going on When it Comes to Brains & Vision?
What is going on in the cellular space and the neurological space that allows us to see? As you can guess scientists have studied these things and here are what they have found. Stem Cells There have been great advancements in the development of lab-grown photoreceptors. The problem lies in implanting them. Once they are […]