Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to Prevent Blindness, more than 26% of people with diabetes have diabetic retinopathy, the most common ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Prevent Blindness Declares Sixth Annual Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Week to Educate Public on Condition That Can ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Case Western Reserve University is hoping to offer the first therapy for an inherited eye disease leading to blindness. Shigemi Matsuyama, an associate professor of ophthalmology and ...

The study focused on inherited retinal degenerations (IRDs), a group of genetic diseases that lead to progressive vision loss ...

KAMPALA, (March 20, 2025) - A rare tropical disease that is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide was halved in one of the world’s worst-affected communities due to foreign aid but is ...

Jean Bennett was a founder of GenSight Biologics and Opus Genetics and was a scientific (non-equity holding) founder of Spark Therapeutics. She and her husband waived any potential financial gain from ...

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Vision scientists long have thought that lack of very long chain fatty acids in photoreceptor cells caused blindness in children with Stargardt type 3 retinal degeneration, an ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - One North Central Florida biotech company is researching how to reverse genetic vision loss. Beacon Therapeutics has headquarters located near US Highway 441 in Alachua. The ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. River blindness, or onchocerciasis, is a devastating disease that has raised public health ...

- To help spread awareness and provide educational resources on thyroid eye disease (TED), Prevent Blindness has declared Nov. 10-16, 2025, as "TED Week" - CHICAGO , Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

River blindness, or onchocerciasis, is a devastating disease that has raised public health concerns in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Yemen. The name “river blindness” originates from the ...