Most of the world’s leading causes of blindness are conditions that damage the eye’s retina. Diabetes, genetic conditions, and aging can all cause the retina to deteriorate, leading to vision loss for millions of people. Because human eyes are so different from the eyes of mice and other animal models, these conditions have been difficult to study. But scientists at U of U Health have opened the door to studying the function of both healthy and diseased retinas in human eyes donated after death. Continue reading → Seeing the Light