“The eyes are the window to the soul,” notes a timeless quote. And while your eyes also bring the world your way, the origins of eye color are fascinating and even mysterious. To help lay out the ...

Human eye colour is one of the most striking and memorable features, ranging from deep brown to icy blue, rare green, and shifting hazel tones. Behind this diversity lies a fascinating interplay of ...

Less than 30% of people with certain genetic variants go blind, despite the faulty genes previously being thought to cause ...

Side-view of the human eye, viewed approximately 90° temporal. Image by Paul Savage. CC BY 2.0 Side-view of the human eye, viewed approximately 90° temporal. Image by Paul Savage. CC BY 2.0 A new ...

Your baby could start with blue eyes and be completely different by age 1. The first photos of your newborn might capture their sweet baby blues peeking out from under sleepy lids. But by their first ...

After a long day at work, Jamie Smith expected to have a normal night at home with her two sons. But when she noticed her youngest son’s eyes shaking, she knew something was wrong. At 4 months old, ...

Newly published research hones in on genetic protection to advance new treatment approaches. Researchers studying age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have clarified what constitutes genetic risk or ...

Newly published research identifies clinical differences in the progression of age-related macular degeneration based on the genes directing it. Researchers have linked patient genetics to different ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Over the past 2 decades, a large body of research has shed light on the molecular determinants of many human ...

A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness.