Congenital cataracts are one of the major causes of vision loss in children worldwide. It can occur in an isolated fashion or as one component of a syndrome affecting multiple tissues. Congenital cataracts vary markedly in severity and morphology, affecting the nuclear, cortical, polar, or subcapsular parts of the lens, or in severe cases the entire lens. Fourteen loci have been associated with autosomal recessive cataracts with seven of these also causing autosomal dominant cataracts. Of these loci, mutations in nine genes have been found. however it is anticipated that the process of vision...