New class of proteins allows breast cancer cells to evade Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Aberrant regulation of cell growth pathways is required for normal cells to become cancerous, and in many types of cancer, cell growth is driven by a group of enzyme…
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What Is Entropion?
Entropion is a medical eye condition in which the eyelid folds inwards, usually the lower eyelid, but the condition also exists with the upper eyelid. The patient’s eyelashes and skin rub against the cornea of the eye, causing watery eye, inflammation,…
Diabetic Macular Edema Drug Wins FDA Approval
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Genentech’s drug Lucentis (ranibizumab injection) for the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME), an eye disease that can cause blindness in people with diabetes…
U.S.-Born Latina Women At Greater Risk Of Having Children With Retinoblastoma Than Their Mexican-Born Counterparts
Report-Based Study also Finds Children Born to Older Fathers or to Mothers with STDs at Greater RiskIn a large epidemiologic study, researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center found that the children of U.S.-born Latina women are at higher risk of havi…
Researcher’s Fish-Eye View Could Offer Insights For Human Vision
A Purdue University student’s research project related to zebrafish eye development could lead to a better understanding of vision problems that affect billions of people worldwide. Zeran Li, as an undergraduate student in biological sciences, led a r…
New Hope For Parkinsons-Damaged Eyes
Vision scientists have discovered a new avenue for the treatment of vision loss, one of complications of Parkinson’s disease. Gentle, non-invasive treatment with a soft infra-red light can potentially protect and heal the damage that occurs to the hum…
Cataracts Risk Associated WIth Statins
A new study, appearing in the August issue of Optometry and Vision Science , has found that patients might have an increased risk of developing age-related cataracts if they use cholesterol-lowering statin drugs. Carolyn M…
Analysis Of Hemoglobin A1C Levels In Blacks, Whites Reveals Racial Differences In Diabetes Diagnostic Thresholds
Healthcare providers should take into account differences among racial groups when using hemoglobin A1C levels to diagnose and monitor diabetes, new research from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center suggests…
Greater Incidence Of Babies With Retinoblastoma In US-Born Latinas
In a large epidemiologic study, researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center found that the children of U.S.-born Latina women are at higher risk of having retinoblastoma, a malignant tumor of the retina which typically occurs in children under six…
Improved Study Of Eye Development In Planarian Model
Planarian flatworms have come under intense study for their renowned ability to regenerate any missing body part, even as adults. But now they may take on a starring role as a model system for studying eye development and eye diseases in vertebrates, i…
Insights Into Human Vision Offered By Researcher’s Fish-Eye View
A Purdue University student’s research project related to zebrafish eye development could lead to a better understanding of vision problems that affect billions of people worldwide. Zeran Li, as an undergraduate student in biological sciences, led a r…
Cataract Surgery Reduces Risk Of Hip Fractures Among Elderly
A study published in the August 1 edition of JAMA reveals that Medicare patients aged 65 years and older who had cataract surgery had a lower risk of hip fracture one year after their eye surgery compared with those who had no cataract surgery…
Hip Fracture Risk Lower After Cataract Surgery
A large US study of older people with a diagnosis of cataract, finds that the risk of hip fracture is lower following cataract surgery, suggesting the vision-improving surgery may reduce the odds of injury-related falls…
Turning Eye Movement To Handwriting With New Device
A CNRS researcher at the Centre de Recherche de l’Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière (CNRS/UPMC/Inserm) has developed a novel device, which enables people to draw and write by using just their eye movements…
Post-Surgical Scarring For Glaucoma Patients Reduced By Breakthrough Treatment
Scientists at the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed an innovative way to combat post-surgical scarring for glaucoma patients. A clinical trial has shown that the use of a new drug delivery…
Novel Therapy May Prevent Damage To The Retina In Diabetic Eye Diseases
Researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center have identified a compound that could interrupt the chain of events that cause damage to the retina in diabetic retinopathy. The finding is significant because it could lead to a novel therap…
Researchers Discover Elusive Gene That Causes A Form Of Blindness From Birth
Researchers from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division and their collaborators have isolated an elusive human gene that causes a common form of Leber congeni…
With Your Eyes Only… Eye Writer Communication Technology
A new technology described in the paper published online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, might allow people who have almost completely lost the ability to move their arms or legs to communicate freely, by using their eyes to write in curs…
Eye Injuries In Young Athletes Can Be Avoided With Protective Eyewear
With the new school year fast approaching, pediatric eye specialists from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and The Wilmer Eye Institute are offering advice on sports-related eye injuries that can easily be prevented, yet still occur all too frequen…
Targeting Therapeutics To The Back Of The Eye Using Microneedles
Thanks to tiny microneedles, eye doctors may soon have a better way to treat diseases such as macular degeneration that affect tissues in the back of the eye. That could be important as the population ages and develops more eye-related illnesses – and …