A special issue of Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics highlights the latest research on matricellular proteins, which play a critical role in inflammation and blood vessel formation in…
Tag: Eye Health / Blindness
Microbiosensor: a device for monitoring bacterial contamination in contact lens cases
New research has developed a novel sensor device (microbiosensor) that alerts contact lens wearers when it is unsafe to put contact lenses in their eyes.
Can outdoor activities help prevent nearsightedness in children?
The rate of nearsightedness is increasing, especially in Asian countries. Now, new research suggests outdoor activities might help prevent the condition in children.
Diet, exercise, smoking habits and genes interact to affect AMD risk
People with a genetic predisposition for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) significantly increased their odds of developing the blinding eye disorder if they had a history of heavy smoking and…
Penn Vet team identifies a form of congenital night blindness in dogs
People with congenital stationary night blindness, or CSNB, have normal vision during the day but find it difficult or impossible to distinguish objects in low light.
Damage in retinal periphery closely matches loss of blood flow in people with diabetes
Finding about eye disease in areas of the retina not observed using traditional eye photography may aid in detection and treatmentResearch from the Joslin Diabetes Center’s Beetham Eye Institute…
Identified genetic interaction offers possible new target for glaucoma therapy
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have elucidated a genetic interaction that may prove key to the development and progression of glaucoma, a blinding…
Driving with central visual field loss
Vision researchers in Boston have published the second paper of a study designed to determine if a driver who suffers from loss of central vision is able to detect pedestrians in a timely manner…
Gene therapy fully restores vision in mouse model of Leber congenital amaurosis
Mice lacking the protein retGC1, which is deficient in humans suffering Leber congenital amaurosis-1 (LCA1), a disorder that causes severe visual impairment beginning in infancy, received gene…
Circuit in the eye relies on built-in delay to see small moving objects
When we move our head, the whole visual world moves across our eyes. Yet we can still make out a bee buzzing by or a hawk flying overhead, thanks to unique cells in the eye called object motion…
Nearsightedness develops when kids with specific gene read a lot
Kids who carry a certain gene variant are likely to become nearsighted if they read for more than 1 hour a day, scientists suggest.
Dry eyes — researchers report progress in diagnosis and treatment
Do you have problems with dry eyes? If so, you’re not alone–it’s one of the most common reasons for patient visits to eye care professionals.
In diabetic eye disease, peripheral lesions in the retina point to risks of progression
Research with ultra-wide-field imaging may change how the condition is assessed and treatedFor decades, clinicians have detected and monitored diabetic eye disease with standard retinal…
Contact lenses: a look at the risks and recommendations
In this Spotlight feature, we take a look at some of the risky behaviors that need to be avoided when wearing contact lenses that the majority of users fail to avoid.
New lens effective treatment of dry AMD, established wet forms of AMD, other macular disease including maculopathy
Following revolutionary eye surgery at the London Eye Hospital to implant a state-of-the-art iolAMD lens in her eye, retired classroom assistant Irene Da Silva has realised her dream of seeing her…
‘Lazy eye’ may bully the brain into altering its wiring
Colorful and expressive, the eyes are central to the way people interact with each other, as well as take in their surroundings.
Brief postnatal blindness triggers long-lasting reorganization in the brain
Temporary visual deprivation shortly after birth induces permanent auditory responses in the visual area of the brain, highlighting a crossmodal competition for brain territories during the early…
Study provides hope for some human stem cell therapies
An international team of scientists headed by biologists at UC San Diego has discovered that an important class of stem cells known as human “induced pluripotent stem cells,” or iPSCs, which are…
Stem cells derived from amniotic membrane can benefit retinal diseases when transplanted
Tests on animal models show that MSCs secrete growth factors that suppress causes of diabetic retinopathy and macular degenerationA team of researchers in South Korea has successfully…
Gut microbes linked to major autoimmune eye disease
One major cause of human blindness is autoimmune uveitis, which is triggered by the activation of T cells, but exactly how and where the T cells become activated in the first place has been a…