Researchers are optimistic that a new biodegradable substrate for limbal stem cell transplants may make treatment for corneal damage available to more patients. Medscape Medical News
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Why Is Perceiving Faces Harder For Patients With Age-Related Macular Degeneration?
Researchers have recently identified why it is that adults with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have trouble recognizing and identifying people’s faces, they believe that it could largely be due to abnormal eye movement patterns and fixations as…
Risk factors for retinopathy of prematurity identified
Birthweight and gestational age are risk factors for retinopathy of prematurity and should be considered when screening infants for the condition, a study by Turkish researchers shows.
Decrease In Government-Funded Eye Exams For Diabetics In Ontario
A new study has found that adults with diabetes in Ontario are getting significantly fewer government-funded eye exams than they were a decade ago, a key component of high-quality diabetes care essential to preventing diabetes-related eye complication…
Age-Related Macular Degeneration And Facial Recognition
Abnormalities of eye movement and fixation may contribute to difficulty in perceiving and recognizing faces among older adults with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), suggests a study “Abnormal Fixation in Individuals with AMD when Viewing an Ima…
Researchers Describe Protein Essential For Healthy Eyes
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with researchers at the Salk Institute in California, have found for the first time that a specific protein is essential not only for maintaining a healthy retina in the eye, but also…
Stem Cell, Gene Therapies for Retinitis Pigmentosa in Mice
Therapies against 2 types of RP restore some function in mice. Medscape Medical News
Spending on Physician Services Crawls Out of Recession
A slowly improving economy helped explain a 3.6% increase in spending on physician services in 2011 compared with 2.8% in 2010, says CMS. Medscape Medical News
Blind Mice Have Sight Restored
Completely blind mice had their sight restored after having developing cells transplanted into their eyes. The cells reformed the entire light-sensitive layer of the retina, rather like replacing the film in a camera. The researchers believe their c…
Researchers Identify An Early Predictor For Glaucoma
A new study finds that certain changes in blood vessels in the eye’s retina can be an early warning that a person is at increased risk for glaucoma, an eye disease that slowly robs people of their peripheral vision…
Identifying The Molecular Causes Of Vision Loss In Demyelinating Disease
Demyelinating diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), are frequently associated with the progressive loss of vision. The retinal nerve damage is thought to be caused by immune system-mediated inflammation; however, other demyelinating disorders, su…
Local conjunctival metastases ‘may be under-recognized’
Local conjunctival metastases may represent under-recognized lesions arising from the dissemination of primary conjunctival melanoma via local vessels, suggest findings published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
Microvascular Changes Might Predict Glaucoma (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Changes in blood vessels in the eye might be an early warning sign of glaucoma, researchers reported.
Regenerative medicine: an interview with Christophe Dardel, President of DSM Biomedical
Regenerative medicine is a new, exciting field that is based upon the belief that the human body has the inherent power to heal itself, but in some instances it just needs a little help.
Blinking Causes Brain To Go Off-Line
New research from Japan suggests that blinking does more than stop our eyes drying out: it is an active process that causes the brain to go off-line, into a more reflective mode, before giving renewed attention. Tamami Nakano of Osaka University and c…
Glaucoma likely to end in visual impairment
Visual impairment at the end of life is highly likely to occur in patients with glaucoma, show Dutch study results.
Abnormally narrow retinal arteries linked to increased risk for glaucoma
A new study finds that certain changes in blood vessels in the eye’s retina can be an early warning that a person is at increased risk for glaucoma, an eye disease that slowly robs people of their peripheral vision.
2 Novel Treatments For Retinitis Pigmentosa Move Closer To Clinical Trials
Two recent experimental treatments – one involving skin-derived induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell grafts, the other gene therapy – have been shown to produce long-term improvement in visual function in mouse models of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), acco…
Antioxidants May Slow Age-Related Macular Degeneration
The study’s primary endpoint was not met, but some benefits were seen. Medscape Medical News
Scientists Construct First Map Of How The Brain Organizes Everything We See
Our eyes may be our window to the world, but how do we make sense of the thousands of images that flood our retinas each day? Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that the brain is wired to put in order all the categories o…