Continuous vision relies on the recycling of visual pigment chromophore, which is photoisomerized during the process of vision. In vertebrates, this recycling is mediated by a complex network 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...