Siblings Ollie, 14, and Amelia Carroll, 12, both have Batten Disease, which is an incurable genetic disorder that causes rapid decline in a child's ability to walk, talk and see. Even though the ...

Nine-year-old Jessica, from Throckley, has Batten disease, a very rare and serious illness which damages the central nervous system and usually proves fatal. But the schoolgirl is currently well ...

Flory, from Coventry, has CLN2 Batten disease, external, an incurable genetic disorder and Brineura is the only approved treatment that slows the condition's progress. Dozens of campaigners were ...

Eye diseases often develop asymptomatically for many years. ICTER scientists have developed the f-ORG technique, which ...

A mother has spoken about her "painful" experience over the potential end to her son's life-enhancing treatment for a rare ...

Her son, Isaac, eight, had CLN2 Batten disease diagnosed in August 2021. It is an incurable condition which causes childhood dementia, epilepsy and loss of sight. Ms Tilley said: "It is agonising.

We don’t pay much attention to our eyes until there’s a problem. Most of us wait until daily life or reading becomes blurry, ...

Inside the human eye, the retina is made up of several types of cells, including the light-sensing photoreceptors that ...

Diabetes affects more than 1 in 10 adults worldwide and has been accompanied by an increase in vision-threatening diabetic retinal disease.

Scientists at Cedars-Sinai have discovered important changes in the retina that may help detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier. Their research shows that the retina, which is directly connected to ...