The ultra-high-field 7T Terra magnetic resonance imaging scanner at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute of the Keck School of Medicine of USC has received FDA approval for clinical use, opening up new avenues of care fo…
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Researchers find key differences in brains of males and females with schizophrenia
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found clear disparities in the way males and females–both those with schizophrenia and those who are healthy–discern the mental states of others.
Studies show that non-invasive imaging can detect Alzheimer’s disease
Results from two studies show that a new, non-invasive imaging device can see signs of Alzheimer’s disease in a matter of seconds. The researchers show that the small blood vessels in the retina at the back of the eye are altered in patients with Alzhe…
Common diabetes medication may protect against age-related macular degeneration
Researchers from Taiwan have shown that people with type 2 diabetes who took a common diabetes medication, metformin, had a significantly lower rate of age-related macular degeneration.
Biogen and Eisai present detailed results from phase 1b study of aducanumab at CTAD meeting
Biogen and Eisai Co., Ltd. announced that Biogen presented results at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease meeting, in Barcelona, Spain, from the recent 36- and 48-month analyses of the ongoing long-term extension of the Phase 1b study of aducanu…
Easier treatment for age-related macular degeneration shows promise in clinical study
A new study shows that an implantable delivery system for a widely used medication to treat a blinding eye disease has enabled some patients to go 15 months in between treatments. This represents a vast improvement over the typical regimen of nearly mo…
Global leaders in medical and surgical eye care to convene in Chicago to attend AAO 2018
Thousands of eye physicians and surgeons this week will convene in Chicago to attend AAO 2018, the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s 122nd annual meeting.
The International Society of Refractive Surgery honors Vivior Chairman with Casebeer Award
Michael Mrochen, PhD, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Vivior, receives the Casebeer Award from the International Society of Refractive Surgery.
Immunotherapy medicine found to be effective in treating uveitis
A team of researchers from the UCH CEU’s Biomedical Sciences Institute has tested the efficiency of Bevacizumab, medicine used against cancer and in ophtalmology, to treat uveítis, thus stopping the inflammation from spreading.
Scientists receive $5.1 million grant to develop stem cell-based therapy for blinding retinal conditions
Scientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research and the Stein Eye Institute have been awarded a $5.1 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to advance the development of …
Researchers to develop new stem cell-based strategies for treating vision disorders
A team from the University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and University of Wisconsin–Madison are launching a project to develop new strategies for treating vision disorders using cells implanted in the retina.
Abnormal vision in childhood can affect development of brain areas responsible for attention
A research team has discovered that abnormal vision in childhood can affect the development of higher-level brain areas responsible for things such as attention.
Lab grown retinal cells provide clues to color blindness treatment
Researchers have grown human retinal cells in the laboratories and thus attempted to understand the basis of color vision and its development in humans. The results showed that certain hormones are essential for the development of color vision in human…
Researchers design modeling system to infer relationships between genes, drugs, and their environment
A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the University of Washington has designed a modeling system that integrates genomic and temporal information to infer causal relationships between genes, drugs, and their environm…
Premature babies with low levels of blood platelets have increased risk of blindness
Premature babies with low levels of platelets (thrombocytes) in their blood run a greatly increased risk of being afflicted with a severe variation of retinopathy of prematurity, an eye disease that can cause blindness, according to a study from Sweden…
Study: Mastectomy does not completely eliminate need for future breast imaging
The proportion of breast cancer patients who are eligible for breast conservation therapy, yet opt for mastectomy, is increasing, for reasons that include the desire to eliminate future screening and/or biopsy of the remaining breast tissue.
Researchers receive DoD grant to test efficacy of stem cell therapy for eye injuries
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have received a four-year, $5.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to lead a multi-site clinical trial to test the efficacy of a stem cell-based treatment for eye injuries.
Excessive use of erectile-dysfunction medication could lead to long-term vision problems
In a first-of-its-kind study, Mount Sinai researchers have shown that color vision problems caused by retinal damage on a cellular level can result from a high dose of sildenafil citrate, the popular erectile-dysfunction medication sold under the brand…
Mediterranean diet cuts risk of developing AMD
Evidence is mounting that a poor diet plays an important role in the development of age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in the United States.
TEAD1 protein appears to be important regulator of tumor migration in glioblastoma
A specific protein called TEAD1 is an important regulator of tumor migration in glioblastoma, the most common brain tumor in adults, and deactivating this protein may stop tumor cells from migrating away from the main tumor mass, according to research …