News tagged with diabetic retinopathy
Blocking protein may prevent blinding disease
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Blocking a protein that battles infection may help thwart a common cause of vision loss in chronic diseases such as diabetes, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Cancer treatment controls macular edema related to diabetes and to cataract surgery
Jul 31, 2009 |
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This month's Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, reports on use of bevacizumab (Avastin), to benefit diabetic patients with macular edema as well as people who develop cystoid macular edema ...
New target identified for potential treatment of retinopathy in premature babies
May 04, 2009 |
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Results of a study in mice by researchers at the University of California, San Diego strongly suggest that the protein kinase JNK1 plays a key role in the development of retinopathy in premature infants. Their findings, ...
New device looks to prevent vision loss in diabetes patients
Mar 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An Indiana University School of Optometry faculty member's company is nearing completion of a diagnostic camera that could aid in saving the vision of millions of people worldwide.
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Natural compound stops retinopathy
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to use a natural compound to stop one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. The research appears online ...
Occurrence of major eye disease projected to increase among patients with diabetes
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Based on projected increases in the prevalence of diabetes, the number of people with diabetes-related retinal disease, with glaucoma and with cataracts is estimated to increase significantly by 2050, according to a report ...
Researchers describe protease inhibitor that may aid in diabetic retinopathy treatment
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Researchers from Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, and ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Francisco, announced today that they have demonstrated that a specific inhibitor of the protease plasma kallikrein, ASP-440, developed ...
Diabetes medication associated with slower progression of retina disease
Jun 09, 2008 |
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Patients with diabetes who take the medication rosiglitazone may be less likely to develop the eye disease proliferative diabetic retinopathy or to experience reductions in visual acuity (sharpness), according to a report ...
Identifying abnormal protein levels in diabetic retinopathy
May 12, 2008 |
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Researchers in Massachusetts are reporting an advance in bridging huge gaps in medical knowledge about the biochemical changes that occur inside the eyes of individuals with diabetic retinopathy (DR) — a leading ...
Researchers create first model for retina receptors
Sep 30, 2008 |
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A team of scientists at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center has created the first genetic research model for a microscopic part of the eye that when missing causes blindness. The research appears in a recent ...
Shining light on diabetes-related blindness
Mar 11, 2009 |
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A group of scientists in California is trying to develop a cheaper, less invasive way to spot the early stages of retinal damage from diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in American adults, before it leads ...
Researchers find gene linked to severe diabetic eye and kidney diseases
May 05, 2008 |
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Researchers at the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah and collaborative institutions have identified a gene called erythropoietin (EPO) that contributes to increased risk of severe diabetic eye and kidney ...
ORNL, Southern Cal set sights on preventing blindness
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Blindness in millions of people with diseases that starve eye tissue and nerves of oxygen might be averted with a procedure being developed by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Southern California ...
Blood vessel protein reverses macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy in mice
Mar 16, 2008 |
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Two major eye diseases and leading causes of blindness—age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy—can be reversed or even prevented by drugs that activate a protein found in blood vessel cells, researchers ...
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