Researchers working to understand the biochemistry of cataracts have made a surprising finding: A protein that was long believed to be inert actually has an important chemical function that protects ...

Chemical bonds within the eye-lens protein gamma-B crystallin hold the protein together and are therefore important for the function of the protein within the lens. Contrary to previous assumptions, ...

Systems will shrink so small that they can be embedded into an electronic contact lens. Talk about a vision for the future! Smart contact lenses sound like science fiction. But there’s already a race ...