New study describes revolutionary novel device that has potential to treat...
The aging process affects everything from cardiovascular function to memory to sexuality. Most worrisome for many, however, is the potential loss of eyesight due to retinal degeneration.
View ArticleGenetic finding could lead to new treatments for people living with...
Finding genes for retinal degenerations has immediate benefits for people living with blindness and vision loss, their families, and their physicians. Establishing a genetic cause confirms the clinical...
View ArticleResearchers identify molecular mechanisms that can prevent blindness, promote...
Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor, Ernest C. and Yvette C. Villere Chair of Retinal Degeneration Research, and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health New...
View ArticleResearchers discover retina protein crucial for vision
Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director of the LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence, discovered a protein in the retina that is crucial for vision. The...
View ArticleMyopia on the rise across Europe, new study finds
Myopia or short-sightedness is becoming more common across Europe, according to a new study led by King's College London. The meta-analysis of findings from 15 studies by the European Eye Epidemiology...
View ArticleScientist receives $4.9 million CIRM grant to advance work in retinitis...
Shaomei Wang, MD, PhD, a research scientist in the Eye Program at the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute, received a $4.9 million grant from the California Institute for...
View ArticleASHG declares 2015 recipients of annual Award for Excellence in Human...
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Robert L. Nussbaum, M.D., chief medical officer of invitae and clinical professor of medicine (volunteer) at the University of California, San...
View ArticleNew NEI study shows that microglia can accelerate damage wrought by blinding...
Spider-like cells inside the brain, spinal cord and eye hunt for invaders, capturing and then devouring them. These cells, called microglia, often play a beneficial role by helping to clear trash and...
View ArticleResearchers compare effectiveness of two stem cell types in treating retinal...
By growing two types of stem cells in a "3-D culture" and measuring their ability to produce retinal cells, a team lead by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital researchers has found one cell type to...
View ArticleUp-to-date treatment and diagnostic guidelines for diabetic retinal degeneration
Around 600,000 Austrians suffer from diabetes. This condition is frequently associated with serious retinal disorders. Along with age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinal degeneration is one...
View ArticleGene therapy provides life-long protection to photoreceptor cells in animal...
A collaboration between scientists in the UK and the USA has shown that gene therapy can give life-long protection to the light-sensitive photoreceptor cells responsible for colour vision in a mouse...
View Article3-D model of animal brain provides more complete picture of brain's connectivity
The animal brain is so complex, it would take a supercomputer and vast amounts of data to create a detailed 3-D model of the billions of neurons that power it.
View ArticleGood news for patients suffering from dry age-related macular degeneration
Scientists have good news for patients who suffer from currently untreatable dry age-related macular degeneration (dry AMD). In a new study, researchers identified a potential target for future...
View ArticleAAO recognizes outstanding eye physicians and surgeons for innovation in...
The American Academy of Ophthalmology will pay tribute to outstanding eye physicians and surgeons who have made significant achievements in various areas of the profession. These range from scientific...
View ArticleDompé’s investigational biotech molecule receives orphan drug designation for...
The Dompé biopharmaceutical company announced today that the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has officially designated recombinant human Nerve Growth...
View ArticleNew gene editing technique could hinder retinal degeneration in rats with...
A new technique that has the potential to treat inherited diseases by removing genetic defects has been shown for the first time to hinder retinal degeneration in rats with a type of inherited...
View ArticleIncreased expression of VEGF-A promotes three common aging-related eye...
A Massachusetts General Hospital investigator has found that increased expression of the angiogenic factor VEGF-A promotes three common aging-related eye conditions - both versions of age-related...
View ArticleStudy shows children with rare eye disease have greatest benefit from gene...
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University's Casey Eye Institute and Baylor College of Medicine's Cullen Eye Institute published findings from a two-year Phase I clinical trial in the journal...
View ArticleNEI to discuss research advances in regenerative medicine for eye disease at...
The National Eye Institute (NEI), part of NIH, is participating in the Inaugural Press Conference from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting (ARVO 2016), the largest...
View ArticlePain reliever appears to help preserve vision in animal model of retinal...
A pain medicine that potently activates a receptor vital to a healthy retina appears to help preserve vision in a model of severe retinal degeneration, scientists report.
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