Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) encompasses a group of inherited retinal dystrophies
characterized by the primary degeneration of rod and cone photoreceptors. RP is a leading …

Retinal prostheses are designed to restore a basic sense of sight to people with profound
vision loss. They require a relatively intact posterior visual pathway (optic nerve, lateral …

Diseases that affect the eye, including photoreceptor degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and
glaucoma, affect 11.8 million people in the US, resulting in vision loss and blindness. Loss of …

The mammalian retina displays no intrinsic regenerative capacities, therefore retinal
degenerative diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or retinitis …

The human retina fails to regenerate and cell-based therapies offer options for treatment of
blinding retinal diseases, such as macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. The last …

Artificial photoreceptors are extensively developed to help the patients with serious eye
diseases by converting light into electric signals. However, the existing systems still suffer …

Vision is an extraordinary sense through which we can appreciate the beauty of the world
we live in, gain invaluable knowledge and communicate with others using visual expression …

Most of the current concepts for a visual prosthesis are based on neuronal electric
stimulation. However, existing visual prostheses confront several challenges in electrodes …

Prosthetic vision is being applied to partially recover the retinal stimulation of visually
impaired people. However, the phosphenic images produced by the implants have very …

Background Stargardt disease (STGD1) is an autosomal recessive retinal dystrophy due to
mutations in ABCA4, characterized by subretinal deposition of lipofuscin-like substances …