A drug developed by a UVA Health scientist has not only stopped but reversed paralysis and vision loss in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis. The results are striking because existing MS treatments ...

SpyGlass Pharma (SGP) acquired Advanced Vision Science, an ophthalmic medical device company, for about $13 million in cash, the company said Thursday. Advanced Vision Science is ...

Human vision relies on photoreceptor cells in the retina that react to visible light and trigger neurons in the optic nerve to send signals to the brain. Degradation of these photoreceptors is the ...

This study presents and evaluates a rapid digital color vision deficiency test using a color-naming task supported by a neural network model. Thirty-three normal trichromats, 12 dichromats, and 11 ...

Vision science addresses the full chain of events that transform light from the environment into meaningful percepts. The optical subsystem of the eye—comprising the cornea, crystalline lens, pupil ...

Researchers identified a retinal disease to evaluate the success of gene and cell replacement therapy. In the retinas of human eyes, the cones are photoreceptor cells responsible for color vision, ...

In vertebrate retinas, specialized photoreceptors responsible for color vision (cone cells) arrange themselves in patterns known as the "cone mosaic." Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science ...

SpyGlass Pharma announced the acquisition of Advanced Vision Science in an effort to boost its IOL manufacturing capacity, ...