Early tests of a novel compound in mice with glaucoma should come as welcome news to millions of people around the world now suffering with this leading cause of vision loss.
Tag: Eye Health / Blindness
Laser pointers ‘do not damage the eyesight of aircraft pilots’
Directing a laser pointer at an aircraft will not harm a pilot’s eyesight, say the authors of a new editorial, but it can still pose danger by causing significant distraction.
Largest eye study among Chinese Americans identifying more effective ways to prevent and treat blinding eye diseases for this racial group
The University of Southern California (USC) Roski Eye Institute researchers and clinicians published the results of the National Eye Institute-funded “Chinese American Eye Study (CHES),” the…
Combination therapy may offer better outcomes for patients with retinoblastoma
Researchers at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) have demonstrated that targeting survivin — a protein that inhibits apoptosis or cell death — enhances the…
Trachomatous trichiasis surgery improves quality of life regardless of vision outcomes
Trachomatous trichiasis (TT, inturning of the eyelashes to touch the eye following longterm infection with Chlamydia trachomatis) affects over seven million people world-wide.
Rescuing human light-sensors in a common form of Leber congenital amaurosis
Scientists at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology have identified the mechanism behind a common inherited cause of severe sight loss in young children.
Immunosuppressive medication effectively treats ocular graft-versus-host-disease
Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School have conducted a clinical trial comparing the safety and efficacy of topical tacrolimus, an immunosuppressive therapy, and topical…
Angiogenesis factor found to promote three age-related diseases of the eye
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigator has found that increased expression of the angiogenic factor VEGF-A promotes three common aging-related eye conditions – both versions of…
Inflammatory factors cause damage to back of eye following keratoprosthesis implantation
Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School have identified inflammatory factors that cause optic neuropathy in the back of the eye following implantation of a…
Outdoor light has role in reducing short-sightedness in kids
Increasing exposure to outdoor light is the key to reducing the myopia (short-sightedness) epidemic in children, according to ground-breaking research by Australian optometrists.
Scientists uncover five genetic markers for glaucoma
Scientists have discovered new genetic areas linked to an increased risk of glaucoma – the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide.
New sight test detects early AMD
Researchers based at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, received funding from Fight…
KPI presents promising KPI-190 data at eye conference
KPI Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company presented promising pre-clinical animal results using drugs from its platform of novel Kv1.
New insights into human tears could lead to more comfortable contact lenses
When contact lenses work really well, you forget they are on your eyes. You might not feel the same at the end of a long day staring at a computer screen.
Vitamin C intake may help reduce the chance of cataracts
Cataracts are common in older age and are a major cause of blindness, but eating foods rich in vitamin C may slow or prevent the progress of the disorder.
Glaucoma treatment expected to improve with new stem cell method
By devising a way to produce retinal ganglion cells from stem cells derived from individual patients, researchers hope to improve personalized treatments for glaucoma.
Eye microbiome of contact lens wearers resembles that of skin
The microbiome of the eyes of people who wear contact lenses is different from that of non-lens wearers, and it is more like their skin, says a new study.
Research advance may lead to new treatments for glaucoma
Researchers have developed a tool to not only model the underlying disease mechanisms of glaucoma, but also to help discover and test new pharmacological strategies to combat the neurodegeneration…
IUPUI researchers use stem cells to identify cellular processes related to glaucoma
Using stem cells derived from human skin cells, researchers led by Jason Meyer, assistant professor of biology, along with graduate student Sarah Ohlemacher of the School of Science at Indiana…
Before retinal cells die, they regenerate, Penn vet blindness study finds
Until relatively recently, the dogma in neuroscience was that neurons, including the eye’s photoreceptor cells, rods and cones, do not regenerate.