The most common types of color blindness, or color vision deficiency, are genetic. However, other types may develop due to injuries, eye diseases, health problems, and side effects of treatment.

You may know someone who can’t tell the difference between specific colors — and there is a scientific reason it could be happening. The condition is known as color blindness. To share a better ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. This marks the first story ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Color blindness is known to ...

Researchers from Radboud University Medical Center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited blindness. Their study, published in Nature Genetics, shows that changes in ...

Online color blindness tests may give people an idea of whether they may be color blind and if so, which type of color blindness they might have. This information comes from the National Eye Institute ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

Without treatment, retinoblastoma — a rare eye cancer that begins in the retina — can lead to blindness. Chemotherapy, laser therapy, or surgery may be needed to treat retinoblastoma. About 8,000 ...