“Crying,” or “tearing up,” is not just one thing. There are in fact three types of tears, two of which are rather uninteresting: basal tears that lubricate and protect the eye, and reflex tears that ...

Scientists have created light-activated drugs that helped blind mice perceive light again and restored visually guided behavior without gene therapy, implants, or specialized lighting. Even more ...

A simple bedside eye test, checking whether a patient blinks when their cornea is touched, may help predict death within 24 hours. The emotional difference between a few days and a few hours, even ...

A new study has suggested that doctors can learn whether a patient is ready to die in the next 24 hours by utilising an easy bedside test. If one thing is certain in life, it’s that one day - ...

The technique involves checking the corneal reflex – the automatic blink response that happens when the surface of the eye is gently touched. Scientists found patients who had lost this reflex were ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Far more than a superficial epithelial problem, corneal melt is a progressive ulceration of corneal stromal ...

Serious diseases affecting the transparent part of the eye, called the cornea, are very difficult to treat because this structure lacks blood vessels and has little capacity for regeneration and ...

MADRID, March 10 (Reuters) - Researchers at Spain's University of Granada have developed an artificial cornea made from the scales of several fish species commonly found in markets, which could become ...

Congenital aniridia is a rare disease caused, in most cases, by mutations in the PAX6 gene, which is essential for the development of ocular structures. Although the most visible feature is the total ...

If something rubs or damages the surface of your cat's eye, it may lead to corneal ulcers. If treated, most cat eye ulcers heal, but if left untreated, your cat's eye may be permanently damaged, ...