Organoids are miniature, simplified versions of an organ. Over the past two decades, scientists have developed them for the ...
Photoreceptors are specialized neurons that convert light into electrical signals that are processed in the visual cortex to form images. The RPE is a cell layer that is adjacent to the photoreceptors ...
VIB and Ghent University researchers have identified and characterized a previously unknown cellular barrier in the brain, which sheds new light on how the brain is protected from the rest of the body ...
The study, “Prenatally derived macrophages support choroidal health and decline in age-related macular degeneration,” was published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM). Age-related macular ...
A new study has suggested that long Covid, which refers to 'SARS-CoV-2' symptoms that persist despite having healed from the initial infection, and Alzheimer's disease may share processes by which one ...
Abstract: Choroidal thickness variations serve as critical biomarkers for numerous ophthalmic diseases. Accurate segmentation and quantification of the choroid in optical coherence tomography (OCT) ...
Stroke remains a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, but the therapeutic efficacies of the mainstay treatments, mechanical thrombectomy and intravenous thrombolysis, are limited due to ...
Have you noticed that more children than ever are wearing glasses? Global research indicates 35% of children are affected by myopia, needing glasses to see clearly at a distance. If the trend ...
Protective borders between the brain and the blood weaken with age. This includes the barrier formed by tightly linked epithelial cells in the choroid plexus, which generates cerebrospinal fluid. In ...