Inside the human eye, the retina is made up of several types of cells, including the light-sensing photoreceptors that ...

Eye diseases often develop asymptomatically for many years. ICTER scientists have developed the f-ORG technique, which ...

Over time, this forms a hardened plaque (also known as atheroma), making your artery narrower. This process, known as atherosclerosis, gradually continues as more fatty material builds up. This can ...

In this study, Wang et al., report the significance of XAP5L and XAP5 in spermatogenesis which are involved in transcriptional regulation of the ciliary gene in testes. In a previous study, the ...

The anterior tibial artery is located in the lower leg, running from the popliteal fossa just behind the knee down along the tibia and fibula, the major bones of the lower leg. It is a branch of the ...

While retinol may win the popularity contest, alternatives such as retinal and retinyl esters are increasingly coming to the fore. The cellular regeneration that retinol sparks can result in wide ...

Talking to your eye doctor as soon as you notice symptoms can help prevent complications such as a retinal tear. In stage I, the vitreous is partially separated from the macula (the part of the ...

The eye doctor may also take digital retinal photographs. A special dye injection test called fluorescein angiography may also be performed to see how the blood circulates inside the retina. This is ...

A 'beautiful' six-year-old girl has died after a needle accidentally pierced a major artery during a 'minor' procedure. Amelia 'Millie' Ridout suffered 'massive, catastrophic' internal bleeding ...

Genome‐wide association studies have identified several hundred susceptibility single nucleotide variants for coronary artery disease (CAD). Despite single nucleotide variant‐based genome‐wide ...

Aims Previous studies have suggested an association between retinal artery occlusion (RAO) and ischaemic stroke (IS), both associated with elevated inflammatory factors. However, the role of ...