Retinal drusen are yellow-colored spots seen under the retina of your eye that are made up of proteins and a type of fat called lipids. The retina is the layer of cells lining the inside surface ...

AMD can lead to retinal damage and central vision loss. It doesn’t cause complete blindness. Hard drusen usually don’t cause any type of vision problems at all, but the more hard drusen there ...

Drusen are small deposits of fats, proteins, and other waste materials that accumulate between the layers of the retinal pigment epithelium and the inner layer of the Bruch membrane. Drusen can ...

At ARVO 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Danielle Gauthuer talked about her poster on autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease in relation to optic nerve head drusen.

Source Reference: Thomson RJ, et al "Subretinal Drusenoid Depostings and Soft Tissue Drusen: Are they markers for distinct retinal diseases? Retina 2022; DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000003460.

Some retinal conditions are more common with aging or diabetes. Others are hereditary, such as retinitis pigmentosa, or have genetic risk factors. Keeping your vision safe from retinal disease is ...

A new retinal stimulation technique called Oz enabled volunteers to see colours that lie beyond the natural range of human vision. Developed by researchers at UC Berkeley, Oz works by stimulating ...

Retinal detachment is an emergency situation in which the thin tissue layer in the back of your eye lifts away from its usual position. This requires immediate treatment. When part of the tissue ...

Retinal regeneration and visual recovery in a retinitis pigmentosa model mouse through administration of AAV2-Anti-PROX1 gene therapy. We demonstrate that after administration of adeno-associated ...