(AP) — Dr. Alfonso Sabater pulled up two photos of Antonio Vento Carvajal's eyes. One showed cloudy scars covering both eyeballs. The other, taken after months of gene therapy given through eyedrops, ...

While Neuralink has dominated headlines with its brain-computer interface, Science Corporation, a California-based company founded by Max Hodak, the former president of Neuralink, is quietly making ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An Oklahoma woman was living with a brain tumor, and she had no idea. In a quiet irony only God could script, Indira [Indy] Stone’s missionary journey began when she was 19 ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an untreatable vision loss problem impacting those over 50. The disease starts as a thinning of the macula (the part of the retina responsible for detailed ...

Amblyopia, often called lazy eye, develops when the brain fails to receive balanced input from both eyes early in life. One eye becomes dominant, while the other lags behind. Standard care relies on ...

A woman in England who was blinded as a result of a rare eye condition has become the first patient to regain their sight after undergoing a groundbreaking new medical procedure. Back in 2017, Nicki ...