Dr. Ryo Kubota, Acucela President and CEO, a Co-Author with Colleagues at Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical of These Significant Findings BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Acucela, a ...

Proteins are fundamental biomolecules that perform a broad range of vital functions within the human body. They serve as an essential structural and functional component of cells, tissues and organs ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acucela Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing new treatments for blinding eye diseases, announced today that the first patient data from the ...

The visual cycle is essential for regenerating visual pigments that sense light for vision. However, abnormal visual cycles promote formation of toxic byproducts that contribute to the development of ...

In animals with colour vision, the retina contains at least two types of photoreceptor cell. Rod cells function optimally at low light intensities, whereas daylight vision is mediated predominantly by ...

Research by sensory biologists studying fruit flies has revealed a critical step in fly vision. Humans with problems in this same step suffer retinal dystrophies, which manifest as visual defects ...

Research by Johns Hopkins sensory biologists studying fruit flies, has revealed a critical step in fly vision. Humans with problems in this same step suffer retinal dystrophies, which manifest as ...

Scientists have identified a protein that protects retinal photoreceptor cells from degeneration caused by light damage. This protein may provide a new therapeutic target for both an inherited retinal ...