Blindness cure

New eye drops may prevent vision loss after retinal vein occlusion: Study

The study was published in Nature Communications. Retinal vein occlusion occurs when a major vein that drains blood from the retina is blocked, usually due to a blood clot. As a result, blood and other fluids leak into the retina, damaging specialized light-sensing neurons called photoreceptors.

Jul 02, 2020, 16:33 PM IST

Eyes of Zebra fish may help unveil cure for human blindness, say scientists!

In the study, when the scientists injected drugs that kept GABA concentrations in the retinas of newly blinded fish at a high level, they found it suppressed the regeneration process.

Mar 12, 2017, 23:55 PM IST