During normal development, the optic vesicle extends laterally in both directions, and two eyes ultimately form at the ends of those projections. When this process goes awry, the left and right optic ...

Aerobic glycolysis, the process by which cells transform glucose into lactate, is key for eye development in mammals, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications.

Scientists discover the important role that aerobic glycolysis, the process where cells make lactate from glucose, plays in mammalian eye development. Although already known to be used by retinal ...