When Megan McMorris, 41 an interior designer from Denver, found out that her daughter Louise, now 9, was born with albinism, she was "devastated." "Myself and my husband had so many thoughts running ...

People with albinism often have poor vision. A new study reveals the underlying cause. People with albinism often have poor vision. A new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience reveals ...

Albinism is a genetic condition, not a spiritual punishment. Albinism is often misunderstood, especially in African countries like Nigeria, where stigma, myths, and misinformation continue to fuel ...

When I was an infant my mom took me with her to the dentist. I was sitting with the receptionist, and she was watching me for a few minutes when she noticed something strange about my eyes. She ...

(Reuters) - A new killing in Burundi and a wave of killings in Tanzania have terrified albinos who are being targeted apparently for their body parts, which are sold to witchdoctors. -- People with ...

So much has to go right as our visual systems develop. One of them is that many thousands of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) have to relay signals through the eye's optic nerve via delicate projections, ...