Biologists say a genetic quirk on the X chromosome may give some women a fourth color channel — but does that really mean 100 ...

Color blindness is known to be more common in males. That comes down to the genetics of the condition. | Credit: Dima Berlin via Getty Images An estimated 300 million people worldwide are color-blind.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What color is a tree, or the sky, or a sunset? At first glance, the answers seem obvious. But it turns out there is plenty of ...

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, have attempted to restore color vision to completely color-blind subjects using gene therapy. In their paper, "Seeing color following gene ...

Our ability to see with color vision depends on the presence and function of light-sensing pigments in the cones of our eyes. Color blindness, or color vision deficiency, happens when one or more of ...

Tritanopia is a type of color vision deficiency that may make it hard for someone to distinguish between blue and green, pink and yellow, and red and purple. Color vision deficiency, also called color ...

Currently, there is no cure available for color vision deficiency that is present from birth. However, supportive tools, such as glasses, contacts, and visual aids, can help people navigate color ...

A new UC Davis Eye Center study, conducted in collaboration with France's INSERM Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, found that special patented glasses engineered with technically advanced ...

After decades of studying color vision in mice, new research in zebrafish has allowed experts at the University of Tokyo to uncover how some animals regulate their ability to see blue light. The ...

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 ...