Prior to 2002, the scientific community had only known about two types of photoreceptor cells in the retina - rods and cones ... Scientists, however, had suspected the existence of a third class of ...

Researchers have discovered that when photoreceptor cells in the retina are damaged, microglia, or the brain’s immune cells, ...

Rod and cone photoreceptor cell death in retinitis pigmentosa. Rod cell death due to the deleterious genetic mutations is associated with apoptosis, which involves the activation of caspase ...

During most eye infections or injuries, neutrophils, immune cells found in the blood, are usually the first line of defense.

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) refers to a group of inherited retinal degenerations resulting form rod and cone photoreceptor cell death. The rod cell death due to deleterious genetic mutations has ...

Using the gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9, researchers have reprogrammed mutated rod photoreceptors to become functioning cone photoreceptors, reversing cellular degeneration and restoring visual ...

For nearly 150 years, scientists considered rods and cones to be the eye’s only photoreceptors – cells that turn light energy into electrical impulses.

Ann Arbor, MI -- Scientists have successfully transplanted light-sensing cells called photoreceptors directly into the eyes of mice and restored their visual function. The achievement is based on ...

Researchers reveal that microglia, the brain's immune cells, play a key role in protecting retinal health and managing eye ...

Summary: Unlike most tissues, the retina doesn’t summon neutrophils—the body’s typical first responders—when injured. Instead ...

In our mouse model, NUDC was knocked out only in rod photoreceptors at P7-P8, which ensured that the rods cells developed and their outer segments – the portion of the rod photoreceptor that is full ...