Retinitis pigmentosa retinal degeneration is caused by a family of hereditary mutations in nearly 100 genes that slowly lead to blindness over years or decades. One of those genes encodes the enzyme ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have identified what may be an ancient light-sensing mechanism in modern mouse retinal cells. "Some evolutionary biologists have proposed that ancient ...

Credit ISM / Pr J.L. KEMENY For Arthritis Awareness Month, Paul Hoover, MD, and colleagues provide insight into the research conducted by their team on understanding human lupus nephritis mechanisms ...

Using mouse incisor models, researchers reveal how coordinated cell movements form crack-resistant enamel in teeth ...

During intensive care after preterm births, babies can experience low oxygen in their tissue and cells—or hypoxia. Hypoxia is ...

Humans and many other animals can innately recognize familiar objects in their surroundings, irrespective of the angle they are observed from, changes in lighting or other shifts in the surrounding ...