A group of researchers in Taiwan has developed a new optical technology that may be able to detect an early complication of diabetes sooner, when it is more easily treated.
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The secret lymphatic identity of the Schlemm’s canal
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Spectral Edge plans enhanced video trial with Colour Blind Awareness
Spectral Edge has announced that it is working together with Colour Blind Awareness, an organisation that raises the awareness of the needs of the colour blind, to trial its new image-enhancement…
Researchers develop high-precision software for diagnosing eye sensitivity
Researchers at the University of Alicante have developed high-precision software for diagnosing eye sensitivity.
Distinctive developmental origin for a drainage tube in the eye
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Age-related macular degeneration occurs much earlier than previously assumed
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Researchers detect love and lust through eye movements
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Call for boost in kids’ eye-protection
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Study links loss of vision to employment status
A nationally representative study finds that people with visual impairment are less likely to be employed than people with normal vision.
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New treatments on the horizon to treat inherited retinal diseases
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Horizon Scanning Centre (HSC), working with Fight for Sight, has identified 40 potential new treatments which are currently being developed for…
Tumor growth and metastasis controlled by new drug combo in mouse model
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Immune response damaging in acute glaucoma
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Sun Yat-sen University in China have shown that acute glaucoma in mice is largely an inflammatory disease and that high…
Could eye and smell tests offer early Alzheimer’s diagnosis?
Four new studies presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2014 suggest that eye and smell tests could be used for early detection of Alzheimer’s.
Animal study of cellular stress in degenerative illnesses finds new compound to treat blindness and diabetes
In a new study led by UC San Francisco (UCSF) scientists, a chemical compound designed to precisely target part of a crucial cellular quality-control network provided significant protection, in rats…
Four research trials show smell and eye tests offer potential to detect Alzheimer’s early
A decreased ability to identify odors might indicate the development of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, while examinations of the eye could indicate the build-up of beta-amyloid, a…
Noninvasive retinal imaging device may provide highly predictive early detection of changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease
A noninvasive optical imaging device developed at Cedars-Sinai can provide early detection of changes that later occur in the brain and are a classic sign of Alzheimer’s disease, according to…
Apoptotic retinal ganglion cells reduced in diabetes by Inhibition of NgR expression
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Vision loss patients benefit from personalized gene therapy using patient-specific stem cells
Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have created a way to develop personalized gene therapies for patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a leading cause of vision loss.
Rehab for age-related loss of vision cuts depression risk in half
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