World’s first transplant: one year later, James’ eye reacts to light
Disfigured after a work accident, Aaron James was able to benefit from an eye transplant that worked beyond all expectations. ...
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Blindness: a link established between eye diseases and gut bacteria
Vision loss due to hereditary eye conditions could be caused by bacteria escaping from the gut and traveling to the ...
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Migraine: changes in blood flow in the eyes could explain visual symptoms
Changes in retinal blood flow may explain why some migraine patients experience visual symptoms, according to a new study from ...
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Alzheimer’s: a new form of omega-3 could prevent visual decline
American researchers have developed a form of omega-3 fatty acid, which would be able to penetrate the retina of the ...
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Alzheimer’s: this simple clue in the retina that all ophthalmologists can see
© ShutterstockDeveloping the eye test that will make it possible to detect Alzheimer's disease early and well before the appearance ...
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Heart attack, stroke: this test can predict your risk of dying
Researchers have developed an eye test, measuring the veins and arteries of the retina, that can predict the risk of ...
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Color blindness: gene therapy to revive colors?
Thanks to the insertion of correcting genes in the retina, the function of the cones, responsible for color vision, was ...
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What if a retinal test could assess the severity of multiple sclerosis?
According to Austrian researchers, an examination of the retina can predict the severity of future attacks of multiple sclerosis, an ...
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Identifying Alzheimer’s disease in the retina
© ThinkstockThe use of noninvasive ocular imaging would be effective in detecting the pathological characteristics of Alzheimer's disease, according to ...
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Parkinson’s disease: it would be marked in the retina
© iStockPhotosA new study conducted by researchers at the University Institute of Ophthalmology in London (Great Britain) and published in ...
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In seniors, too thin a retina may signal cognitive decline
The thickness of the retinal layer would allow the detection of cognitive decline at an early stage in adults over ...
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Dementia: what if it could be detected in the retina?
© DigitalvisionThe retinacould say a lot about how the brain works. Specifically, a change in the retina could be the ...
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AMD: a therapeutic test bench to better understand the evolution of the disease
Simulate in the laboratory the aging of the cells responsible for age-related macular degeneration (AMD): this is what researchers at ...
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Eye diseases: an application to spot the first signs in children
In the United States, researchers have developed a smartphone application to help parents detect early signs of eye disease in ...
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How ultrasound can restore sight?
Prostheses make it possible to stimulate the neurons of the retina using ultrasound, and could thus restore the visual abilities ...
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Alzheimer’s: an eye test to detect the disease before the onset of symptoms
Soon, Alzheimer's disease and other age-related neurodegenerative diseases could be diagnosed using a simple eye test in patients who have ...
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What if your eyes revealed the date of your death?
The difference between the biological age of the retina and a person's chronological age could help screen for early death ...
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Alzheimer’s: retinal scanners could help detect the disease
Retinal scanners can analyze the deterioration of the blood vessels involved in Alzheimer's disease. These examinations could therefore make it ...
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Zika: the virus harms the development of the retina during pregnancy
In a study conducted on monkeys, researchers found that fetuses exposed to the virus have abnormal retinal development. After childbirth, ...
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Colorblind people will never see colors like everyone else
Color blind people, who would be more than two million in France, have a genetic anomaly which prevents them from ...
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Artificial intelligence capable of predicting our future cardiovascular diseases through our eyes
Thanks to an angiography performed on the blood vessels of the retina, this totally autonomous artificial intelligence would be able ...
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Ophthalmologists warn of serious eye burns in children due to hydro-alcoholic gel
Ophthalmologists from the Fondation Adolphe-de-Rothschild hospital are warning of the increase in serious eye damage caused by hydro-alcoholic solutions, particularly ...
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The texture of the retina, a marker of Alzheimer’s?
American engineers have developed an imaging device capable of measuring the thickness and texture of the retina at the back ...
Read moreAlzheimer’s: this simple clue in the retina that all ophthalmologists can see
© ShutterstockDeveloping the eye test that will make it possible to detect Alzheimer's disease early and well before the appearance ...
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AMD: an artificial retinal implant to restore sight?
According to an experiment on rats, the brain would be able to correctly combine natural vision and an artificial retinal ...
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Biological clock: what if blue light wasn’t so bad?
Blue light would be beneficial for our biological clock, according to British researchers. Surprising results, given the number of works ...
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Researchers discover the three types of cells capable of distinguishing day from night
For the first time, researchers have discovered in humans three types of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGC) capable of ...
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Alzheimer’s: a simple retinal examination could help detect the disease at an early stage
A non-invasive examination of the eye performed using a small camera to measure the light scattered by the retina could ...
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Eyelash examination can reveal eye diseases
Thanks to new technologies, researchers have been able to explore new areas of eyelash structure in order to understand the ...
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Screens: daily exposure to blue light could affect longevity
According to a study carried out on flies, daily and prolonged exposure to the blue light that emerges from our ...
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