Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered how a protein called α2δ4 establishes proper vision. Their research helps explain why mutations in the gene ...

There are three main types of color vision deficiency: red-green, blue-yellow, and complete. Color blindness, or color vision deficiency, affects the way you perceive color and can make it hard to ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

Most individuals with color vision deficiency have had it since birth. However, people can develop it later in life. If it develops due to a health problem, color blindness can worsen over time. Color ...

Bold hues of red, orange, yellow, blue and purple help plants and animals communicate with their own species and others in their efforts to survive. Vivid orange dart frogs warn predators of their ...

Color blindness, or color vision deficiency, is more common in males. This is due to how parents pass down a chromosome associated with the male sex. Red-green color vision deficiency is the most ...

MORNINGS, AND SOMETIMES THE TOUGHEST QUESTION IS WHAT TO PACK FOR LUNCH. KCCI’S OLIVIA TYLER TALKED WITH A DIETITIAN ABOUT THE QUICK, BALANCED SNACKS THAT ARE BOTH HEALTHY AND EASY. GETTING BACK INTO ...

Scientists have for the first time looked deep into the protein structure that may determine our vision - and discovered that it is much more dynamic than previously thought. RBP3 not only changes its ...