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·July 14, 2025·4 min read

Cancer Drug Shows Promise In Treating AMD Vision Loss

Scientists have discovered that a locally developed cancer drug, PRL3-zumab, may offer a groundbreaking treatment for two major causes of blindness: wet age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. Pre-clinical studies showed that intravenous PRL3-zumab reduced abnormal eye blood vessel leakage by 86% more than standard eye injections, with fewer risks.

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·July 11, 2025·5 min read

Inverse Graphics: How Your Brain Turns 2D Into 3D

Researchers have uncovered how primate brains transform flat, 2D visual inputs into rich, 3D mental representations of objects. This process, dubbed “inverse graphics,” works by reversing the principles of computer graphics — starting from a 2D view, through an intermediate stage, to a 3D model.

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·July 10, 2025·4 min read

Cancer Pathway Found to Weaken Brain and Eye Barriers

Researchers have uncovered a surprising connection between a cancer-related signaling pathway and the blood-brain and blood-retina barriers. The study shows that the tumor-suppressing protein p53 weakens the Norrin/Frizzled4 pathway, which is crucial for maintaining these protective barriers.

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·July 7, 2025·5 min read

Retinal Cells Rewire to Preserve Vision in Degenerative Eye Disease

New research shows that retinal neurons can rewire to preserve vision in retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic disease causing blindness. Using mouse models, scientists found that rod bipolar cells adapt by forming functional connections with cone cells when their usual rod partners degenerate.

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·July 5, 2025·8 min read

Blurry Beginnings Shape Brain’s Visual Pathways

New research reveals how early-life blurry, low-color vision may help shape the brain’s visual pathways into specialized systems. Using computational models trained on low-quality images followed by high-quality ones, scientists showed this developmental trajectory produces distinct magnocellular and parvocellular-like processing.

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·June 24, 2025·7 min read

Could This Molecule Prevent Vision Loss in AMD?

A new study reveals that increasing levels of apolipoprotein M (ApoM) may slow or prevent the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of blindness in older adults. Researchers found that low ApoM impairs cholesterol metabolism in the retina, contributing to inflammation and vision loss—especially in advanced forms like geographic atrophy.

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·June 17, 2025·5 min read

Your Brain Instantly Sees What You Can Do, AI Still Can’t

New research shows that the human brain automatically recognizes what actions an environment affords—like walking, climbing, or swimming—even without conscious thought. Using MRI scans, researchers found unique activity in visual brain regions that went beyond simply processing objects or colors, revealing deep neural encoding of “affordances,” or possible actions.

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·June 11, 2025·4 min read

How Serotonin Circuits Learn from Motion to Regulate Behavior

Scientists have uncovered how serotonergic neurons in larval zebrafish process visual information tied to movement to determine when and how much serotonin to release. This neuromodulator fine-tunes the fish’s swimming effort, adjusting behavior based on the effectiveness of past actions.

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·June 10, 2025·2 min read

Sticky Molecules May Hold the Key to Preventing Vision Loss in AMD

A new study reveals how sticky molecules called heparan sulfate (HS) may trap lipoproteins in the eye and trigger early age-related macular degeneration (AMD). These fat-protein particles, similar to HDL, accumulate between retinal layers, forming drusen that damage vision over time.

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·June 9, 2025·6 min read

Aphantasia: Why Some Minds Are Blind to Images

Scientists have uncovered how the brains of people with aphantasia, those who cannot visualize mental images, process visual information differently. Although key visual and memory-related brain regions still activate during mental imagery tasks, they show weaker connectivity compared to individuals with typical visualization.

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·June 6, 2025·5 min read

Nanowire Retinal Implant Restores Vision and Sees Infrared

Researchers have developed a retinal prosthesis made of tellurium nanowires that restores partial vision in blind mice and enables near-infrared vision in primates. The implant, woven into a lattice of light-sensitive nanowires, converts both visible and near-infrared light into electrical signals for the brain.

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·June 5, 2025·6 min read

AI Diagnoses Eye Movement Disorders from Home

Researchers have developed an AI-based diagnostic tool that uses smartphone video and cloud computing to detect nystagmus—a key symptom of balance and neurological disorders. Unlike traditional methods like videonystagmography, which are expensive and cumbersome, this deep learning system provides a low-cost, patient-friendly alternative for remote diagnosis.