Doctors are growing eye parts from skin cells as part of a project to find a cure for rare genetic causes of blindness.

Scientists from the University of Birmingham have developed a fast-acting new eye gel which effectively repairs scarring to the cornea, providing an alternative to a risky corneal transplant.

In a landmark step towards achieving the stuff of science fiction, American scientists have employed 3D printing to create a primitive “eye” on a hemispherical surface.

Cold weather and longer nights have a negative effect on many of us, resulting in irritability and lethargy in the winter months.

Scientists investigating how mice perceive light at night have made a discovery that may one day help visually impaired humans see better.

Researchers from the University of Montreal have made a major breakthrough in the treatment of glaucoma.

A recent trial involving 220 macular degeneration sufferers has shown that a “long-acting port delivery system” (in other words, a slow-release implant) has allowed some of the trial group to go up to 15 months between treatments.

Scientists say eye-on-a-chip technology may provide a new, quicker research opportunity for the study of macular degeneration, if proposals made recently at the University of Twente (UT) in Holland are adopted.

A four-year study of the effects of a specially-designed, dual-focus myopia control contact lens has shown that the lens slows the progression of myopia in children.

Scientists at Harvard Medical School have discovered a new pathway for the development of glaucoma which “gives hope for finding a cure” according to co-senior study author Professor Feng Chen.