Aug. 25, 2016 There are no established drugs to improve angiogenesis in diabetes. However, researchers now have identified a gene called CITED2 in a molecular pathway that may offer targets for drugs that treat ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 Researchers have successfully trialed a new technique that could aid the process of choosing the "best" embryo for implantation, helping to boost the chances of pregnancy success from the ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 A major therapeutic challenge, the retinal prostheses that have been under development during the past ten years can enable some blind subjects to perceive light signals, but the image thus restored ...
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Aug. 23, 2016 Diabetes has become one of the top causes of vision loss around the world, according to a new article. Poor control of glucose levels and lack of access to eye health services in many parts of the ...
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Aug. 23, 2016 People with albinism face major health problems, including skin cancer, involuntary eye movements, and poor eyesight. According to a new study, many of them also suffer severe discrimination and ...
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Aug. 22, 2016 A new study reveals that many patients are not aware that they are having a stroke when they are experiencing ...
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Aug. 19, 2016 New research links specific inherited genetic differences to an increased risk for eye (uveal) melanoma, a rare form of melanoma that arises from pigment cells that determine eye color. scientists ...
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Aug. 18, 2016 A vision simulator works to help patients test artificial lens designs prior to implantation in the ...
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Aug. 18, 2016 The eye's lacrimal gland is small but mighty. This gland produces moisture needed to heal eye injuries and clear out harmful dust, bacteria and other invaders. The eye's lacrimal glands can ...
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Aug. 18, 2016 A large screening program has identified several genes associated with age-related conditions including hearing loss, retinal degeneration and osteoarthritis. The animal study may lead to studies of ...
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Aug. 17, 2016 Researchers have identified new underlying mechanisms of proptosis in patients with acute thyroid eye disease. Researchers describe vascular growth factors causing an abnormal proliferation of blood ...
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Aug. 17, 2016 Back to school eye exams may not be the norm for all kids. A large study shows strabismus is diagnosed much less in poor communities which puts kids at risk for permanent vision ...
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Aug. 15, 2016 Too much of a short gene that normally has the tall order of helping the eye continuously clear fluid and regulate intraocular pressure appears instead to have the opposite effect and contribute to ...
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Aug. 9, 2016 Prolonged exposure to the sun increases the chance of developing alterations in the lens by 4%. Choosing the right pair of sunglasses can reduce such complications, say ...
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Aug. 4, 2016 Most respondents across all ethnic and racial groups surveyed described loss of eyesight as the worst ailment that could happen to them when ranked against other conditions including loss of limb, ...
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Aug. 4, 2016 One- and two-year-old children are at the highest risk of burning their eyes with chemicals, despite the long held belief that working-age adults were the most at risk from this type of severe eye ...
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Aug. 4, 2016 Disulfiram prevents scars forming in a mouse model of scarring conjunctivitis. Human scar making cells, from patients with scarring conjunctivitis, are returned to normal by disulfiram. Disulfiram is ...
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Aug. 3, 2016 Combinations of Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs protect against the loss of cells required for vision in a mouse model of the damage caused by blinding retinal diseases, report ...
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Aug. 1, 2016 Engineers and physicians have developed a handheld device capable of capturing images of a retina with cellular resolution. The new probe will allow researchers to gather detailed structural ...
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July 30, 2016 Mini midbrains provide next generation platforms to investigate human brain biology, diseases and therapeutics, report ...
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