Gene therapy restored colour vision to colourblind children with the inherited retinal disorder achromatopsia, in the first trial of its kind in two paediatric patients. The finding shows that gene ...

A study on ground squirrels shows, not only do mitochondria produce bioenergy in the cone-shaped photoreceptors in the retina of the eye, they also act as micro-lenses that redirect light to the ...

Gene therapy has partly restored the function of the retina's cone receptors in two children who were born completely color blind, reports a new study led by University College London (UCL) ...

We investigated the cone- and rod-mediated mfERG in 17 eyes of 17 subjects with early ARM and 16 eyes of 16 age-matched control subjects with normal fundi. All subjects had a visual acuity of 6/12 or ...

Researchers have discovered a way to revitalize cone receptors that have deteriorated as a result of retinitis pigmentosa. Working with animal models, researchers have discovered that replenishing ...

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 ...

In the retinas of human eyes, the cones are photoreceptor cells responsible for color vision, daylight vision, and the perception of small details. As vision scientists from the Division of ...

New UCLA research in mice suggests that "dormant" cone photoreceptors in the degenerating retina are not dormant at all, but continue to function, producing responses to light and driving retinal ...

Gene therapy has partly restored the function of the retina's cone receptors in two children who were born completely colourblind, reports a new study. Gene therapy has partly restored the function of ...