Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application to treat Dry Age-Related Macular Degener…
Partial Solar Eclipse Eye Safety Warning
When the partial solar eclipse occurs tomorrow morning, Tuesday 4 January, do not look directly at the sun or you risk permanently damaging your eyesight and even blindness, warns the UK government’s Interim Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies…
American Academy Of Ophthalmology Responds To Genentech Rebate Program For Lucentis Use
Genentech (Hoffman – La Roche) manufactures two critically important pharmaceuticals, Lucentis and Avastin, which are both used for treatment of several common eye diseases – including age-related macular degeneration (AMD)…
Free Vision Screening Program Coming To Chicago, Miami, And San Antonio
The American Academy of Ophthalmology and its partners today announced the expansion of a new screening initiative, EyeSmart® EyeCheck, to combat undetected eye disease and visual impairment among at-risk populations in the United States. The free vi…
Dankam Augmented Reality App for the Colorblind
Dankam is an augmented reality app for the iPhone that helps colorblind people discriminate between colors. Named after its author, Dan Kaminsky, it helps by automatically converting colors in the image which normally can’t be differentiated by people…
New Research Reveals Unexpected Biological Pathway In Glaucoma
(Baltimore, MD) – In a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Early Edition ahead of print), a team of researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and four collaborating institutions, identified a new and unexp…