VEGF Trap-Eye, used for the treatment of the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), a condition that can lead to blindness, has been approved by a 10 to 0 FDA Panel vote. The treatment is approved for administration every other…
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Sight Restored After 55 Years
Surgery has restored sight in the eye of a man who for 55 years had a detached retina that left him blind in his right eye after it was hit by a stone when he was 8 years old…
After 55 Years, Surgery Restores Sight
After being hit in the eye by a stone, a detached retina left a man blind in his right eye. Despite surgery to remove a cataract when the man was 23, which temporarily restored light perception, the patient was completely blind in that eye…
Using IPS Cells To Reverse Blindness
Researchers have used cutting-edge stem cell technology to correct a genetic defect present in a rare blinding disorder, another step on a promising path that may one day lead to therapies to reverse blindness caused by common retinal diseases such as …
pSivida Announces Phase I/II Clinical Study Evaluating Bioerodible, Sustained Release Latanoprost Device In Ocular Hypertension And Glaucoma
Drug delivery company pSivida Corp. (NASDAQ: PSDV) (ASX: PVA) today announced the commencement of a Phase I/II clinical trial studying a new bioerodible drug delivery implant for the treatment of glaucoma and ocular hypertension…
TearScience Announces Herzig Eye Institute As First North American Eye Care Practice To Offer LipiFlow(R) Treatment
TearScience, Inc…
People Spending More On Glaucoma Medications
Average expenditure on medications per patient with glaucoma in 2001 was $445, by 2006 it had increased to $557, an increase of 25%, researchers from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami reported in Archives of Ophthalmology. In the USA about 2.2 m…
Ranibizumab Likely Linked To Better Age-Related Macular Degeneration Outcomes
Ranibizumab has potential to prevent blindness and visual impairment from age-related macular degeneration in non-Hispanic Caucasian patients, according to a computer-modeling study carried out by scientists at the Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopki…
Summer Flooding Causes Concern For Contact Lens Wearers
As the rising flood waters of rivers across the country force people to seek higher ground, the American Optometric Association (AOA) reminds consumers to be vigilant with eye protection and eye care, particularly for contact lens wearers. Flooding cau…
Researchers Uncover The Source Of The Visual System’s ‘False Alarms’
On rare occasion, the light-sensing photoreceptor cells in the eye misfire and signal to the brain as if they have captured photons, when in reality they haven’t. For years this phenomenon remained a mystery…
Aiming To Eradicate Blinding Diseases, Mass. Eye And Ear And Schepens Eye Research Institute Join Forces
The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Schepens Eye Research Institute have announced that they are combining forces to create the world’s largest and most robust basic and clinical ophthalmology research enterprise with full spectrum bench-to-bed…
Scientists Find How Rogue Cells ‘Eat Our Eyes’
Vision scientists have identified a key player in macular degeneration (MD), raising hope for a treatment for the currently incurable blinding disease. The studies reveal how light-damaged eyes invoke an out-of-control immune response, resulting in whi…
Regulatory Mechanism For Gene Expression In The Visual System Uncovered By Biologists
Biologists have uncovered a key regulatory mechanism used for gene expression in the visual system. Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal Cell, offer new insights into the complexity behind the genetic make-up of biological sy…
Historic First Images Of Rod Photoreceptors In The Living Human Eye
Scientists today reported that the tiny light-sensing cells known as rods have been clearly and directly imaged in the living eye for the first time. Using adaptive optics (AO), the same technology astronomers use to study distant stars and galaxies, s…
Adaptive Optics Technology Likely To Spur Sight-Saving Interventions, Usher In New Era Of Eye Disease Research, Diagnosis And Treatment
Scientists have reported that the tiny light-sensing cells known as rods have been clearly and directly imaged in the living eye for the first time. Using adaptive optics (AO), the same technology astronomers use to study distant stars and galaxies, sc…
Criteria Identified For Medical Management Of Pediatric Orbital Cellulitis
Researchers from Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, R.I., report that medical management may be preferred over surgery for children with orbital cellulitis, an acute infection of the tissues surrounding the eye. They have determined the criteria…
First Head-to-Head Study In Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion(BRVO) Announced In Europe And Israel
Allergan Ltd. announced today the first head-to-head study in branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO), a sight threatening eye condition that impacts approximately 300,000 people in the EU each year1,2…
Trial Of Drug’s Impact On Neurological Disease Affecting Women
A rare but increasingly more common disease striking overweight, younger women is the focus of a clinical trial at Michigan State University, where an osteopathic physician is testing the effectiveness of a certain drug against a potentially blindness-…
Early Detection May Prevent Blindness, Australia
A leading cause of blindness, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), may be detected in healthy people at risk of developing the disease thanks to the discovery of a technique for early detection by researchers at Queensland University of Technology (…
Researchers Find That Inhibiting MicroRNAs May Help Prevent Degenerative Eye Disorders
Blocking two tiny molecules of RNA a chemical cousin of DNA appears to suppress the abnormal growth of blood vessels that occurs in degenerative eye disorders, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found…