(MedPage Today) — Replacing the currently recommended visual acuity screening at the time of enrollment in Medicare with coverage for a dilated eye examination would be very cost effective, a simulation model suggested.
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JDRF, KalVista collaborate to focus on novel approach for diabetic macular edema
KalVista Pharmaceuticals and JDRF have formed a research partnership focused on a novel approach being developed by KalVista to preserve vision and slow the progression of diabetic eye disease.
Pioneering Vision Study In Mice Will Help Revolutionize The Study Of Brain Function And Mental Disease
There’s a 3-D world in our brains. It’s a landscape that mimics the outside world, where the objects we see exist as collections of neural circuits and electrical impulses. Now, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies are using new tool…
Flexible Adult Stem Cells, Right There In Your Eye
In the future, patients in need of perfectly matched neural stem cells may not need to look any further than their own eyes. Researchers reporting in the January issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, have identified adult stem cells of th…