Nanoscope Therapeutics has received Pioneering Regenerative Medical Product (Sakigake) and Orphan Drug designations for ...

Optogenetics has long been a powerful experimental tool, but a growing body of research suggests it may now be approaching a ...

The longest living vertebrate on Earth may have a thing or two to teach us about maintaining our eyesight into old age. New research has shown that the Greenland shark does not experience impaired or ...

DALLAS, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company committed to developing and commercializing novel, disease-agnostic therapies for patients with photoreceptor ...

Unlike typical opsins, the anthozoan-specific opsin II group (ASO-II opsins) in reef-building corals use chloride ions (Cl⁻) instead of amino acids as counterions. Corals may lack eyes, but they are ...

DALLAS, July 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company committed to developing and commercializing novel gene therapies for patients suffering vision loss from ...

Just Salad, the fast casual salad chain, will open a new location on Route 35 at the Ocean Plaza shopping center in Ocean ...

A recent study by researchers at Brown and other institutions found that suppressing the protein opsin 3 in mice can reduce food consumption. Their work has sparked discussions about the possibility ...

Scientists discovered years ago that the hypothalamus -- which helps to manage body temperature, hunger, sex drive, sleep and more -- includes neurons that express the protein opsin 3 (OPN3). Far less ...

Researchers at Brown University and Cincinnati Children’s found that suppressing opsin 3 in the brain of mice makes them eat less, raising new questions about the mechanisms involved in regulating ...

Division of Biophysics and Neurobiology, Department of Molecular Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan Program of Physiological Sciences, Field of ...

Scientists have identified two non-retinoid compounds that may be able to treat retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a group of inherited eye diseases that cause blindness. The compounds were discovered by ...