#retina

Bridge of Sight

Sight depends on the many different cell types of the eye's retina all functioning correctly in the right place. The photoreceptor cells (PRC) that respond to the light and transduce that response to the brain are constantly being degraded and renewed. Ingestion of the degraded material is managed by the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), normally in close contact with PRC. This study now shows that RPE continue to perform their function in eye diseases where PRC and RPE are separated, thanks to the ability of RPE to reach out pseudopodia (membrane extensions) across that gap. Shown is a 3D reconstruction of an RPE pseudopod (light green) bridging the expanded sub-retinal space in a mouse model of a retinal degenerative disease.

Read the published research article here

Image from work by Tylor R. Lewis and colleagues

Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in Journal of Clinical Investigation, April 2026

also its frustrating that we're forgotten about when talking about physically disabled people in online forums -v-

also its frustrating that people irl feel very comfortable touching us without our permission to show us things instead of using their words and giving directions or describing things like how would you feel if someone grabbed your hand and shoved your fingers into mashed potatoes without much warning? -v-

also its frustrating when sighted people forget that blindness (like most everything else) is a spectrum -v-

also its frustrating when sighted people accuse me of "faking it" because I have usable vision and then say "that sounds fake" when I tell them about retinitis pigmentosa or they think I'm doing it for attention and why the fuck would I be faking it for attention the attention I do get for it is fucking awful who would ever fucking want this - v -

also its frustrating when able-bodied people see disabled people as subhuman and incapable of doing things that their disability doesn't even affect - v -

also its frustrating when someone starts treating me differently as soon as they find out I'm legally blind (that's why I try and hide the fact i'm legally blind from people because I'm so fucking sick of being seen as weak) - v -

oh and final thing I'm so fucking sick of eugenicists pretending to be good helpful people and trying to tell people with genetic conditions to not have children like shut the fuck up if I wanna have a kid someday I'ma have a kid and you cant do shit about it

i'm only 16 I still have great sight and I'm already so sick of all of this bullshit I ain't ready for the future when it gets way fucking worse

Despite it being a common medical procedure since it was revolutionized in the 1950s, retinal detachment surgery hasn't been available in New Brunswick hospitals — until now. On Jan. 24, the first retinal eye surgery was performed in the province at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton. It was a long time coming, but Amy McCavour, Horizon's executive regional director, is happy to see the procedure now being offered.

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I recently attended a medical college fest which was amazing btw.

I saw this really cute guy and I ran into him like 5-6 times in just one day, we even had a micro conversation.

But I couldn't find him at all in the next 2 days, like idk man he was nowhere to be found...

I think I just lost my shot, and now I'm sad

My prescribed spa time:

15 minutes of moist heat mask daily to help with my dry eyes