retinal detachment or cataracts. A research team led by ophthalmologist Richard Lee of University College London has found that vision loss caused by certain inherited eye diseases can be caused by ...

Trillions of microbes live in the human gastrointestinal tract, and this community of microbes known as the gut microbiome has been linked to many aspects of human health. In surprising news, ...

Inherited retinal degeneration (IRD) encompasses various disorders characterized by progressive loss of retinal photoreceptor cells, ultimately leading to vision loss and blindness. Among the numerous ...

The retina is layered with photoreceptors, a variety of other neurons, and protective and structural membranes, but retinal disorders can tamper with this delicate system. Mutations in the Crumbs ...

Inherited retinal degeneration (IRD) encompasses various disorders characterized by progressive loss of retinal photoreceptor cells, ultimately leading to vision loss and blindness. Among the numerous ...

The international study observed that in eyes with sight loss caused by a particular genetic mutation, known to cause eye diseases that lead to blindness, gut bacteria were found within the damaged ...

Sight loss in certain inherited eye illnesses may be caused by gut bacteria and could be treated with antimicrobials, according to a new study in mice conducted by a UCL and Moorfields researcher. The ...

Further expansion of HORAMA gene therapy portfolio to treat Inherited Retinal Dystrophies to lead to second clinical program by 2023 PARIS & LEIDEN, Netherlands–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HORAMA SA, a French ...

Eye diseases long thought to be purely genetic might be caused in part by bacteria that escape the gut and travel to the retina, research suggests 1. Eyes are typically thought to be protected by a ...