Tag: eye

The eye hosts a powerful biological computer, the retina. Understanding how the retina transforms images from the outside world into signals that the brain can interpret would not only result in insights into brain computations, but could also be useful for medicine. As machine learning and artificial intelligence advance, eye diseases will soon be described

Man, 35, ruptures his EYE after his airbag struck him in the face when he crashed his sports car into a horse while driving at 62mph The man was driving at 62mph (100kmph) when he collided with the horse He felt contact with the airbag that deployed above the driver’s side window Doctors in Queensland

Researchers from Columbia University have developed a new technique for the powerful gene editing tool CRISPR to restore retinal function in mice afflicted by a degenerative retinal disease, retinitis pigmentosa. This is the first time researchers have successfully applied CRISPR technology to a type of inherited disease known as a dominant disorder. This same tool

New immunotherapy treatments offer a remarkable chance for survival for patients with advanced melanoma and hard-to-treat cancers of the bladder, kidney and lung. But the treatments, designed to unleash the immune system to attack cancer, can also spur an assault on healthy organs, including the eye. The cases of three recent patients, published by University

What IS that random fatigue twitch that plagues your arms or eyes when you don’t get enough shut-eye? Involuntary twitches and jerks are common neurological events, called fasciculations They can be persistent, causing panic for some who get twitchy arms or eyes But the infuriating spasm are completely benign in almost all cases, despite the