blindness

The lack of the CERKL gene alters the ability of retinal cells to fight oxidative stress generated by light and triggers cell death mechanisms that cause blindness.

Most people experiencing sight loss experience bouts of mental fatigue and psychological distress.

Blind people are better at sensing their own heartbeats than sighted ones.

Magnetic resonance imaging techniques were used to analyse structural connectivity in the human brain and to investigate the possibility of alternative neural connections.

Combining a map of gene regulatory sites with disease-associated loci has uncovered a new genetic risk factor of adult-onset macular degeneration.